FM Cho says Lee-Trump summit unlikely to be delayed to next month

Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said Sunday last-minute coordination to set a date for a summit between President Lee Jae Myung and U.S. President Donald Trump is under way, noting the envisioned meeting will not be delayed to next month. Last week, Trump announced that Lee will visit the White House in two weeks, as he announced Washington has agreed to lower "reciprocal" tariffs on Korea to 15 percent from the proposed 25 percent in return for massive investments and market opening. Cho made the remark as he arrived in Seoul after back-to-back visits to the United States and Japan for his first talks with his counterparts since the launch of the Lee administration in June. Cho said his U.S. visit, which included meetings with senior officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, served as an occasion to reaffirm Washington's commitment to extended deterrence. "(We) reaffirmed the steadfast South Korea-U.S. combined response posture, and extended deterrence and agreed to continue to cooperate going forward," Cho said. When asked about the Trump administration's push to "modernize" the alWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times