Seoul's top security advisor reaffirms commitment to strong alliance with US

The top security advisor to President Moon Jae-in reaffirmed South Korea's commitment to a stronger alliance with the United States Monday during a meeting with the visiting chair of the US House Armed Services Committee, Seoul's presidential office said.

"National Security Office chairman Chung Eui-yong held a meeting with an eight-person delegation from the House Committee on Armed Services, led by committee chairman Mac Thornberry, and explained the direction of our government's basic policy to expand and develop the Korea-US alliance," the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said in a press release.

Mac Thornberry (left), chairman of the US House Armed Services Committee, speaks while meeting with South Korean Defense Minister Han Min-koo at Seoul`s Defense Ministry on May 29, 2017. (Yonhap)

The meeting was held early Monday morning at an undisclosed location in Seoul.

Thornberry (R, Texas) reaffirmed the US Congress' bipartisan support for the Korea-US alliance, and expressed hope for enhanced cooperation with Seoul's new Moon Jae-in administration, Cheong Wa Dae said.

(Yonhap)