Readout of Acting Deputy Undersecretary of Defense Ms. Cara Abercrombie's Travel to South KoreaSecretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Holds Media Availability, Maxwell Air[...]

Department of Defense Spokesman Lt. Col. Garron Garn, USMC, provided the following readout:

Acting Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Ms. Cara Abercrombie, returned from travel after participating in bilateral, trilateral, and multilateral meetings in the Republic of Korea (ROK).

Last week, Ms. Abercrombie co-chaired the Defense Trilateral Talks with Japan and the ROK, where officials from the three nations held discussions on ways to deepen trilateral security cooperation. She also conducted bilateral engagements with senior ROK leaders, where she reaffirmed our ironclad extended deterrence commitment to the ROK.

During the Republic of Korea-United Nations Command Member States Defense Ministerial Meeting, Ms. Abercrombie underscored the need to develop a positive future vision of the United Nations Command with current member states.

Lastly, Ms. Abercrombie provided remarks at the Seoul Defense Dialogue, where she reinforced the importance of working with allies and partners on defense industrial cooperation, while strengthening technology security and the protection of critical technologies. She also held bilateral meetings with the Ministers of Defense of Finland and Mongolia.