U.S. Forces Korea Commander Gen. Xavier Brunson, who also serves as commander of the United Nations Command and the South Korea-U.S. Combined Forces Command, speaks during a repatriation ceremony for Korean remains at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, June 5. Joint Press Corps
The commander of the United Nations Command (UNC) said Monday the Armistice Agreement that ended the 1950-53 Korean War has served to maintain peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula as South Korea and allied nations marked the 73rd anniversary of the ceasefire.
UNC Commander Gen. Xavier Brunson made the remarks in an X post, honoring the 22 countries that fought or provided medical support under the U.N. flag against North Korean and Chinese forces during the three-year conflict.
"The Armistice Agreement is not a peace treaty, but it has provided a framework for preserving peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula for 73 years," Brunson said in the post.
He called the veterans a "living bridge between the battlefield of yesterday and the peace we safeguard today."
