The Ministry of National Defense announced on the 29th that it will hold the 4th ROK-US Nuclear Consultative Group (NCG) meeting in Washington, USA, on the 10th of next month (US local time).
It will be co-hosted by Cho Chang-rae, Director of the Defense Policy Office of the Ministry of Defense and Kara Abercrombie, Acting Deputy Secretary of Defense for Policy, and will be attended by officials from the ROK and US NSC, national defense, foreign affairs, intelligence, and military authorities.
The ROK-US Ministry of Defense is announcing its position at the 3rd ROK-US Nuclear Group Consultation (NCG) joint press conference held at the Ministry of National Defense briefing room in Yongsan-gu, Seoul on June 10. Newsis
At this meeting, the two sides plan to review the progress of NCG tasks such as security and information sharing procedures, nuclear consultation and strategic communication in times of crisis and emergency, establishment of a dedicated security communication system, and nuclear and strategic planning following the completion of the ROK-US Korean Peninsula nuclear deterrence and nuclear operation guidelines. am.
South Korea and the United States planned to hold the Nuclear Consultative Group (NCG) meeting and the first NCG road exercise (TTX) on the 4th and 5th. However, it was postponed due to the martial law situation on December 3.
This meeting is expected to be the last NCG under the U.S. Joe Biden administration.
Previously, South Korea and the United States decided to establish an integrated extended deterrence system by establishing a new ROK-US NCG through the Washington Declaration adopted by the leaders of the two countries last year. Afterwards, joint guidelines were prepared after three NCG meetings.
However, it is unclear whether NCG will operate normally even after the Donald Trump administration takes office next month.
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