Korea, US to hold high-level defense talks amid Hormuz deployment consideration
Korea and the United States plan to hold their senior-level regular defense talks this week, the defense ministry said Monday, amid Seoul weighing military deployment to the Strait of Hormuz. The biannual Korea-U.S. Integrated Defense Dialogue (KIDD) will be held in the southeastern port city of Busan from Wednesday through Friday, according to the ministry. Kim Hong-cheol, deputy defense…
South Korea and the United States are set to hold their key defense meeting this week, as Seoul deliberates on the potential deployment of troops to the strategic Strait of Hormuz. The high-level Integrated Defense Dialogue (KIDD) will take place in Busan from Wednesday to Friday, with Kim Hong-cheol, the deputy defense minister for policy, and George Lemeur, the U.S. deputy assistant secretary of war for East Asia, leading the discussions alongside other senior officials.
The agenda will cover a broad spectrum of security concerns, such as regaining wartime operational control, joint defense posture, and cooperation in shipbuilding. While the possibility of a South Korean military presence in the Hormuz Strait is not explicitly mentioned, it is widely anticipated that this issue will be addressed, given Washington's urging on Seoul to collaborate in safeguarding the vital waterway.
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