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| ▲ Foreign Minister Cho Hyun (L) poses with U.S. Forces Korea Commander Gen. Xavier Brunson during their meeting at Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, south of Seoul, on Feb. 13, 2026, in this photo provided by the foreign ministry. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
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(LEAD) FM Cho visits main U.S. military base in S. Korea
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By Kim Seung-yeon
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Yonhap) -- Foreign Minister Cho Hyun visited Camp Humphreys, the main U.S. military base south of Seoul, on Friday and met with the commander of the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) to discuss alliance issues, officials said.
Cho visited Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, some 60 kilometers away from the capital, for a meeting with USFK Commander Gen. Xavier Brunson, the foreign ministry said.
It was Cho's first visit to the base in his current capacity and also the first by a South Korean foreign minister in about six years.
At the meeting, Cho asked the commander to "continue to play an active role in ensuring that the ironclad South Korea-U.S. combined defense posture remains firm through close cooperation between the two countries," the ministry said in a release.
Brunson said he would fulfill his role to help strengthen the alliance, noting that he would make efforts to continue to assess and reinforce the readiness posture through combined military exercises between the allies.
The two sides also agreed to step up efforts to support and advance bilateral cooperation based on the momentum created at the leaders' level to further deepen their security alliance, the ministry said.
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