First Vice Foreign Minister Park Yoon-joo, right, poses with U.S. Rep. Young Kim (R-CA), who chairs the subcommittee on East Asia and Pacific affairs under the House Foreign Affairs Committee, during their meeting in Washington, D.C., Thursday (local time). Courtesy of Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Korea's First Vice Foreign Minister Park Yoon-joo has met with a U.S. lawmaker and the head of a major think tank in Washington, and exchanged views on the bilateral alliance and situations on the Korean Peninsula, Seoul's foreign ministry said Friday.
During his four-day visit to Washington from Monday, Park held separate talks with Rep. Young Kim (R-CA), chair of the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific, on Thursday, and John Walters, president of the Hudson Institute, on Monday, according to the ministry.
During the meetings, Park said the two countries are closely cooperating to maximize their shared interests and prosperity through high-level exchanges, and the "faithful and swift" implementation of the joint fact sheet issued in November following last year's summit between President Lee Jae Myung and U.S. President Donald Trump.
Park also noted that Korea has been working toward the swift implementation of the two countries' agreement on $350 billion in investments in the United States.
