Seoul and Washington reaffirmed the importance of faithfully implementing UNSC resolutions while taking a diplomatic approach in dealing with North Korea's denuclearization.
The officials met for the 16th Korea-U.S. Integrated Defense Dialogue, held in the nation for two days.
The South Korean defense ministry says the two also had in-depth discussions of the OPCON transfer,... and agreed to strengthen efforts to achieve it.
With the allies' defense-cost sharing talks having recently kicked off, the two sides reportedly reviewed the progress of their joint task force working to improve the details and implementation of the agreement.