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development . We'll now begin to rock

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ministerial joint press offense li and

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deal with opening remarks .

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First of all , I would like to extend

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my warm welcome and express my

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gratitude to Secretary Austin and the U .

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S . Delegation for visiting the

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Ministry of National Defense

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meeting March . The fourth defense

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ministerial meeting following our

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meetings from last year celebrates the

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70th anniversary of the alliance and it

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is also the first step for the next 70

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years of the alliance .

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Today , Secretary Austin and I produce

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substantive outcomes to bilaterally

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respond to joint security challenges

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including the advancing nuclear missile

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threats by North Korea and also to

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develop the alliance and more future

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oriented manner .

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First Secretary Officer and I strongly

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condemned North Korea's continued

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provocations and violations of the UNsc

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resolutions including its missile

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launches and recent drone incursions .

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And we reaffirm that along with the

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international community will respond

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more resolutely to any further

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provocations by North Korea .

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Secretary and I agreed to together

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pursue options to strengthen the

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effectiveness of extended deterrence in

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order to firmly guarantee the U . S .

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Commitment to the defense of

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in particular as agreed upon at the

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Rock US summit in May last year . And

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the 54th SCM secretary and I pledged to

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bolster the alliance capability to

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deter and respond to North korean

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nuclear and missile threats as well as

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to strengthen the implementation of

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extended deterrence in areas of

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information sharing . Joint planning

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and execution and consultation

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mechanisms

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for information sharing . We agreed to

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expand the range of sharing of

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information needed for the response to

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North Korea's nuclear threats for joint

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planning . Were we reaffirm to complete

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the revision of tailored deterrence

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strategy before the security security

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concentrated meeting this year .

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Uh

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I believe that this is an outcome that

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reflects the U . S . Will to more

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actively consider the rock stands from

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the phase of planning the extended

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deterrence

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execution . We noted to hold the

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tabletop exercise in february in order

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to facilitate the alliance discussion

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on options to determine response to

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north Korea and nuclear threats

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consultation mechanism . We agreed we

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agreed for close communication between

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the Republic of Korea and the United

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States at all procedures of decision

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making by activating vacuous crisis

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management consultation groups at times

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of North korean nuclear crisis

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furthermore Secretary and I share the

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sentiment that the combined flying

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training event executed with the

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deployment of U . S . Strategic bombers

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last year was the embodiment of

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extended deterrence and action that

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displayed various deterrence

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capabilities of the alliance . Agreed

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to closely consult for timely and

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coordinated deployment of strategic U .

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S . Assets

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going forward as well . We will seek

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together for various measures to

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enhance extended attorneys

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implementation , show the public of the

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Republic of Korea . The firm will of

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the United States commitment to the

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defense of fraud

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in addition in order to realize peace

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through strength on the korean

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peninsula . Secretary also . And I

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pledged to expand the scale and elevate

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the level of combined exercise and

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trainings

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will further reinforce the alliance

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capability and posture and the combined

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defense through expanded execution of

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field training exercises and large

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scale combined joint fires

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demonstration .

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In addition secretary and I discuss

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methods to strengthen regional security

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cooperation including the Rock US Japan

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trilateral security cooperation

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in particular . We committed to develop

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the options to expedite real time

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sharing of missile warning information .

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A point of agreement by the three

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leaders at the summit in november

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to this end , we concurred on hosting

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the one holding the defense bilateral

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talks as soon as possible and

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consulting on specific options .

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Lastly for the promotion of security on

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the korean peninsula , we agreed to

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strengthen the solidarity with the U .

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N . Member states that share the core

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values with the Rock and the U . S .

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Secretary Austin welcome to our offer

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of hosting the 2023 member States

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defense ministerial meeting and agreed

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to further consult on the matter at

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related

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comes from the Republic of Korea and

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the United States continuing to

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strengthen the military alliance .

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While celebrating the 70th alliance

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anniversary of the rocket science and

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the signing of armistice agreement will

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continue to expand the cooperation for

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the contribution to securities of

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regions including the indo pacific

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thank you .

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Well thank you Minister lee , Good

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afternoon everyone and let me start by

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thanking President Yoon Mr

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Lee and their teams for hosting us here

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in Seoul we're delighted to be here and

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it's been highly productive visit

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70 years ago our countries signed the

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US rOK mutual defense treaty and

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established our alliance and for seven

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decades the US rok alliance has

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bolstered peace and security on the

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korean peninsula and in the indo

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pacific

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our ultimate goal is peace and not

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conflict . And toward that end our

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countries have worked side by side to

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deter large scale conflict , to

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strengthen our combined capabilities

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and to defend the rules based

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international order that keeps us all

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secure .

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Now in 2022 we confronted an

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unprecedented number of provocations

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from the from the D . P . R . K .

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So make no mistake the United States

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stands united with the rok and together

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we condemn these dangerous actions

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which violate international law and

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threatened to destabilize the region .

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Our commitment to the defense of the

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rok remains ironclad . The United

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States stands firm in its in its

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extended deterrence commitment and that

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includes the full range of US defense

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capabilities including our conventional

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nuclear and missile defense

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capabilities .

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Now we have 28,500 uniformed

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personnel in South Korea who probably

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work together every day with their rok

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counterparts that that's one of the

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largest US troop deployments around the

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world .

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And it just shows our unwavering

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commitment to maintaining peace on the

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korean peninsula

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over the past year . Our two countries

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have made great progress in deepening

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our cooperation , we strengthen our

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combined readiness and training and we

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expanded the scope and scale of our

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exercises .

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We increased our coordination in the

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face of the DpRK threat including

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bilateral and trilateral responses that

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demonstrated the capability and

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readiness of our combined forces .

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And let me underscore our mutual belief

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that trilateral cooperation with Japan

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enhances all of our security .

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We held high level dialogues , we

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deployed assets including F 20 two's F

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35 the Ronald Reagan Carrier strike

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group F

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H B .

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And we found ways to work even more

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closely together , including by

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agreeing to deepen our cooperation in

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Southeast Asia .

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Today's meeting was an opportunity to

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discuss how we'll build on that

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progress in 2023 , Including coming

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back to Seoul for the 55th Security

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Consultative Meeting later this year .

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As we look ahead to the next 70 years ,

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I'm confident that are too proud

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democracies will continue working

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toward our shared vision of a stable

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and secure korean peninsula in a

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free and open indo pacific

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Mr lee , thank you for your leadership

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for your friendship and for your

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tremendous support for this great

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alliance and thank you again for

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hosting us today and now we'll be happy

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to take a few questions .

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Take questions from the media . Please

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raise your hand to be called for

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questions and upon being called ,

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please state your name and the agency

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are from before asking a question thank

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you .

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Uh this is uh this is from NBN like to

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direct my question to the Minister of

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National Defense Minister lee . And the

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question is on the rockies extend

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deterrence , what type of a meaning

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does rockets extent deterrence convey

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that the current phase and also the

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question , another question is how do

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you seek to increase and develop the

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trilateral security cooperation among

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the Republic of Korea , the United

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States and Japan . And also I have a

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question to Secretary Austin as well .

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Secretary Austin , you have mentioned

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the timely and coordinated deployment

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of strategic U . S . Military assets .

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What type of deployment of these assets

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are you currently envisioning ? And

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also additional question is you have

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mentioned conventional weapons but

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there um but recently U . A . V . S

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have been emerging as a new type of

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threat as well . How do you assess the

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recent drone incursion that was

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conducted by North Korea ? And what

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type of measures were taken ?

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Firstly , I'd like to provide my answer

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regarding your question on

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strengthening extent deterrence and the

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implementation capability . And what

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type of meeting these two actions

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convey And ask for the rest of the

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question I'd like to look forward to .

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Secretary Austin to provide the answer ,

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extent deterrence is a policy by the

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United States that has been

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continuously pursued and um we and the

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Republic of Korea . The United States

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have provided much endeavors to

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strengthen the implementation and the

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effectiveness of extent deterrence .

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The further explanation of extended

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experience has been provided in other

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other areas

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and the meaning the meaning of the

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efforts that we provide to strengthen

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extent deterrence is as follows , is to

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deter the advancement and the

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development of North Korea's nuclear

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capability . And it's also to deter the

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nuclear usage by North Korea . And this

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goes on to demonstrate that even if

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they do use their new capabilities ,

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the Republic of Korea and the United

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States have the capability to deter

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their efforts . And also the United

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States has the will to deter other

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users of nuclear weapons as well . And

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this goes on to demonstrate , this goes

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on to demonstrate that we have the

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capability to deter any additional

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provocation by North Korea . I think

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your question was regarding

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the types of deployments that we were

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contemplating in the future . In my

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remarks , you heard me talk about some

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of the things that we've done in the

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past . We've deployed fifth generation

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aircraft , F 22 F 30 five's also

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deployed a carrier strike group to

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visit the peninsula . You can

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look to for more that kind of activity

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going forward . But in addition to that ,

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you can look for to see deeper

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consultation between between our two

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countries and that leadership uh and

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also uh we will do a number of

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tabletop exercises to ensure that we're

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seeing things eye to eye , which we do

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anyway . But we want to make sure that

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uh that no stone is left unturned . Uh

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so those are the kinds of things that

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we're looking at in the future .

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William Donald from FP Thank you .

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Secretary Austin um kim jong un has

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declared North Korea an irreversible

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nuclear state and shown no willingness

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to disarm . In light of this is the

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denuclearization of the korean

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peninsula is still an achievable goal .

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And if so how and additionally would

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review South Korea seeking its own

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nuclear arsenal and positive or

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negative . Life Minister lee um NATO

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Secretary General called on Korea to

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step up military support for Ukraine is

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soul considering changing his policy on

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the export of offensive weapons in

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order to thank you .

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Uh

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thanks will um the United States and

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the rok are committed to the

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denuclearization of the korean

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peninsula . And we've long been that

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way uh the U . S . Commitment to the

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defense of Korea is ironclad . You

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heard heard us say that a number of

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times , but that's just not a slogan .

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It is what what we're all about . That

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commitment is ironclad and our extended

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deterrence is at the heart of that

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commitment . And so today Minister Lee

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and I talked about ways to ensure

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that that extended deterrence remains

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strong . You've heard us talk about a

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number of the things that we are

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contemplating . Uh and so we'll

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continue to work together to build upon

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that . But as uh as things continue to

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evolve , our alliance continues to

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strengthen and uh we look for ways to

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strengthen that extended deterrence .

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I believe the second part of the

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question was directed to me yesterday .

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I had the opportunity to have dialogue

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with Secretary General of Neo

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and to provide the interpretation for

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Mr Lee's response . Um uh Secretary

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General of NATO yesterday provided the

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provide the explanation of a situation

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of war in Ukraine and Secretary General .

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And I have we share the sentiment on

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the need for the international effort

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in overcoming this crisis . However ,

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to provide my answer regarding our

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weapons support , our Republic of

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Korea's weapons support , I'd like to

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say that I would like to leave my

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answer that we are directing our close

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attention to the situation in Ukraine .

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Thank you .

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Uh ,

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was initially planned to receive more

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questions and more questions to be

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answered . However , uh , a joint press

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conference here . Thank you .

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Pleased to understand that we won't be

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we won't be able to receive more

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questions because the secretary ,

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Austin and I have a follow up schedules

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after this joint press conference .

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Thank you very much .