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Pres. Park embarks on six-day U.S. trip
President Park departed for the United States this Sunday afternoon,... her first overseas
trip since she took office in late February. The president will be holding a bilateral
summit with U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday.
Our presidential office correspondent Eoh Jin-joo, who is traveling with the president,
has this report. Topping the agenda of President Park and President Obama's bilateral summit,
scheduled for May 7th, will be strengthening the South Korea-U.S. alliance and North Korea.
With this year marking the 60th year since the two countries established an alliance,...
the two leaders will adopt a joint declaration. The presidential office of Cheong Wa Dae says
that the declaration will include plans to further develop the two countries' bilateral
ties over the next few decades. Presidents Park and Obama are expected to
seek MORE effective ways to better cooperate in policies that deal with Pyongyang.
The two leaders will also discuss the possible postponement of the transfer of the wartime
operational control, or OPCON,... to Seoul in 2015... and a nuclear cooperation agreement
between the two countries, that has been extended by two years.
President Park will likely call on Obama to guarantee that Korea continues to have the
right to the peaceful use of nuclear energy. On Wednesday,... the South Korean president
is scheduled to address a joint session of the U.S. Congress in Washington.
The main focus of her speech will be North Korea.
Before heading to Washington,... President Park will stop in New York to meet with UN
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Korean residents living there.
Her last leg of the six-day U.S. tour will be Los Angeles,... where she will hold meetings
with leaders of the so-called creative economy,... before returning home on Friday.
Eoh Jin-joo, Arirang News.