The National Assembly on Thursday passed a bipartisan resolution in support of a strengthened alliance with the US and cooperation between the two allies for peace on the Korean Peninsula.
The resolution, co-authored by People Power Party Rep. Kim Gunn and Democratic Party of Korea Rep. Kim Byung-joo, states that the South Korea-US alliance is one of the founding blocks for maintaining peace on the Korean Peninsula and a key pillar of global peace and prosperity.
The resolution named denuclearization of North Korea as a shared goal that South Korea and the US are committed to achieving.
The resolution welcomed the inauguration of the second Donald Trump administration in the US, and pledged efforts to support the bilateral cooperation across fields such as artificial intelligence, nuclear energy and trade.
"The National Assembly will strive to fortify South Korea and the US' joint defense posture to consolidate peace on the Korean Peninsula and strive for a nuclear weapons-free Korean Peninsula, and expand cooperation in emerging security fields such as cyber and space," the resolution read.
Pitching the resolution, the chair of the Assembly's foreign affairs committee, Rep. Kim Seok-ki, said the resolution was "proposed with bipartisan support for firm continuity of South Korea-US alliance" in light of North Korea's advancing nuclear and missile capabilities despite international sanctions.
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