South Korea, US plan to hold defense ministerial talks on July 27
(VOVWORLD) -Defense ministers of South Korea and the United States have agreed to hold talks in Washington, D.C., next week to discuss the bilateral alliance and defense posture to deal with North Korea, South Korean officials said on Sunday.
 South Korean Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup (right) and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin meet on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue 2022 in Singapore, June 11. Photo: Yonhap/VNA
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Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup plans to meet his US counterpart Lloyd Austin when he travels to Washington D.C. to attend a ceremony to inaugurate a Wall of Remembrance at the Korean War Veterans Memorial, slated for July 27.
The two sides are coordinating to work out a detailed schedule and agenda of the talks.