Defense Minister Shin Won-sik met the ambassadors of United Nations Command (UNC) member states Friday to discuss ways to promote peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula amid rising North Korean threats.
Shin held the meeting with ambassadors from 17 nations, as well as UNC Deputy Commander Lt. Gen. Derek Macaulay and former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
“Our military has been deterring North Korea’s provocations through overwhelming capabilities and our alliance. In particular, the close cooperation with the UNC, along with the South Korea-U.S. alliance, has served as a key pillar for security on the Korean Peninsula,” Shin said during the meeting at Ministry of Defense Convention Center in Seoul.
The envoys agreed that peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula are integral to global peace and pledged to closely coordinate with South Korea to uphold the shared goal, according to the ministry.
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