Korea, U.S. to begin formal negotiations to implement security agreements this week

Foreign Minister Cho Hyun, right, poses with Allison Hooker, U.S. undersecretary of state for political affairs, during their meeting on the sidelines of the Group of Seven foreign ministers' meeting in Paris on March 26. [NEWS1]

Korea and the United States will launch formal negotiations this week to implement a set of security agreements reached between their leaders last year, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Monday.

The inaugural two-day meeting for the negotiations will begin Tuesday at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul and will focus on security-related items in the bilateral joint fact sheet published in November, following a summit between President Lee Jae Myung and U.S. President Donald Trump the previous month.

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First Vice Foreign Minister Park Yoon-joo will lead Korea's delegation, which will include officials from the presidential office and the defense, science and industry ministries, according to the Foreign Ministry.