On the 8th, Eun-bo Chung, ambassador of Korea-US defense cost-sharing negotiations, commented on the defense cost-sharing negotiations on the 8th that “a reasonable and equitable and mutually acceptable agreement between Korea and the United States has been reached.” Ambassador Chung finished the 4 nights and 5 days visit to the US for negotiations on the 11th Special Agreement to Share Defense Costs.
ROK-US Defense Cost Share Negotiation Ambassador Jeong Eun-bo, who visits the U.S. to attend the 9th meeting to sign the 11th Korea-US Defense Sharing Special Agreement (SMA) . /yunhap news
According to Yonhap News, Ambassador Chung said, “Once an agreement has been reached between the negotiating representatives, they must eventually be approved and confirmed through internal reporting procedures.” I asked for your understanding because we were together.”
However, regarding the timing of final confirmation and appointment, Ambassador Chung replied, “It is likely to be announced before the visit to Korea” to the question of whether a signature will be made during the visit to Korea, which is promoted on the 17th to 18th.
Earlier, the ROK-US authorities announced that they had reached a principle agreement for the conclusion of the SMA through negotiations for three days on the 5th to 7th, and actually announced the news of the settlement the day before. Both Korea and the United States did not disclose specific issues, including how many years of agreements were reached, including the rate of increase. However, the U.S. State Department said earlier that a’significant increase’ was included.
