Chiefs of S. Korea-U.S. defense cost sharing talks meet in Seoul on Tuesday
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South Korea and the U.S. are busy preparing for their upcoming defense cost sharing negotiations.
According to South Korea's foreign ministry, the heads of the previous round of negotiations, Chang Won-sam... and Timothy Betts, held closed door talks on Tuesday in Seoul.
They exchanged views on how to carry out the 11th round of the Special Measures Agreement Consultation.
They won't be involved in those though,... as new chief negotiators are said to be currently under review.
South Korea paid around 860-million U.S. dollars in 2019 for its share of stationing U.S. troops on the peninsula.
According to South Korea's foreign ministry, the heads of the previous round of negotiations, Chang Won-sam... and Timothy Betts, held closed door talks on Tuesday in Seoul.
They exchanged views on how to carry out the 11th round of the Special Measures Agreement Consultation.
They won't be involved in those though,... as new chief negotiators are said to be currently under review.
South Korea paid around 860-million U.S. dollars in 2019 for its share of stationing U.S. troops on the peninsula.