First Vice Foreign Minister Park Yoon-joo, right, and U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Allison Hooker walk toward a conference room for talks on security-related issues from summit agreements at the foreign ministry in central Seoul on June 2. [MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS]
Korea and the United States continued talks on their security agreements for a second day Wednesday, with Seoul's bid to secure uranium enrichment and spent nuclear fuel reprocessing capabilities for peaceful purposes expected to top the agenda.
Wednesday's talks marked the second and final day of a meeting that began Tuesday as the allies launched bilateral consultations to advance the agreements reached at an October summit between the leaders of the two countries last year.
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Under the bilateral joint fact sheet issued after the summit, the U.S. committed to supporting processes that will lead to uranium enrichment and spent nuclear fuel reprocessing for civilian use and Seoul's push to build conventionally armed nuclear-propelled submarines.
