nations were able to quickly conclude a new cost-sharing agreement for forces in korea in march, which will benefit both our peoples. and i thank, again, the president for that agreement. today we made important progress on a range of issues. we spoke about the shared approach of the democratic-shared approach to the democratic peoples republic in korea and continuing threat of the dprk s nuclear and missile programs. my team consulted closely with president moon s team throughout the process of our dprk review and we both are deeply concerned about the situation. our two nations also share a willingness to engage diplomatically with the dprk to take pragmatic steps that will reduce tensions as we move toward our ultimate goal of denuclearization of the korean