U.S.-South Korea Talks on Sharing Costs Stalled After Six Rounds
- Esper says South Korea ‘can and should contribute more’
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The U.S. and South Korea remain stalled after six rounds of talks on an updated cost-sharing agreement but the allies’ top defense officials said that they hope to break that deadlock next month.
“We are engaged in negotiations,” and the “minister and I are hopeful they will reach agreement soon, preferably before the end of March,” Defense Secretary Mark Esper said at a news conference alongside South Korea’s Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo after they met Monday at the Pentagon.