South Korean and US foreign ministers hold brief contact on sidelines of G7 Summit

According to a VNA reporter in Seoul, on November 13, the Korean Foreign Ministry said that Foreign Minister Cho Hyun had a brief meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the sidelines of the Group of Seven (G7) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Canada, in the context that the announcement of a joint document on trade and security between the two countries continues to be delayed.

South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun. Photo: Yonhap/TTXVN

This year's G7 Foreign Ministers' Meeting takes place on November 12-13 in Niagara, Ontario, Canada. South Korea is attending the meeting as a guest country, along with Brazil, India and several other countries. Observers are paying special attention to the meeting between the US and South Korean Foreign Ministers, as this could be an opportunity to discuss the release of a joint communique - a document expected to outline the results of the summit at the end of October between the two countries' leaders during the Asia -Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit Week in the South Korean city of Gyeongju, which includes South Korea's push for the US to supply fuel for nuclear submarines. This document will also detail South Korea's commitment to invest $350 billion in exchange for the US reducing import tariffs on South Korean goods from 25% to 15%.

The specific details of the issues discussed during the brief meeting between the two foreign ministers have not been released, but South Korean officials believe that the joint information document is likely to be the main topic as the document has not yet been officially released. The South Korean side believes that the delay in releasing the document may stem from the fact that relevant US agencies have not yet completed coordination on security issues, implying that the content related to nuclear submarines is the main reason.

According to the South Korean Foreign Ministry, during the meeting, Mr. Cho Hyun exchanged views on bilateral relations and issues of mutual concern with the US Secretary of State.

On the sidelines of the G7 Foreign Ministers' Meeting, Mr. Cho Hyun also had separate bilateral meetings with the Foreign Ministers of Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Germany and representatives of the European Union (EU) to discuss bilateral relations, economic cooperation and regional and global issues. In addition, the Korean Foreign Minister also attended two G7 expanded meetings on maritime security, energy and strategic minerals, in which he emphasized the importance of maintaining maritime order based on international law and called for increased cooperation in enforcing regulations to protect critical maritime infrastructure such as submarine cables.

Source: https://baotintuc.vn/thi-truong-tien-te/ngoai-truong-han-quoc-va-my-tiep-xuc-ngan-ben-le-hoi-nghi-g7-20251113154800642.htm