{"id":51602,"date":"2022-08-19T08:36:46","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T15:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=51602"},"modified":"2022-08-19T10:37:13","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T17:37:13","slug":"secretary-blinkens-call-with-republic-of-korea-foreign-minister-park-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=51602","title":{"rendered":"Secretary Blinken\u2019s\u202fCall with Republic of Korea Foreign Minister\u202fPark"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>08\/19\/2022 10:21 AM EDT<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Office of the Spokesperson<\/p>\n<p>The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price:<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Republic of Korea (ROK) Foreign Minister Park Jin to discuss continued U.S.-ROK cooperation in addressing global challenges.\u00a0 The Secretary and Foreign Minister exchanged views on the critical importance of working jointly to uphold the international, rules-based order and stability in the Indo-Pacific, including the Taiwan Strait.<\/p>\n<p>The Secretary expressed his appreciation for President Yoon\u2019s remarks during his Liberation Day address, particularly the ROK\u2019s concerted efforts to improve its relationship with Japan and secure the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.\u00a0 The Secretary reaffirmed the U.S. ironclad commitment to the defense of the ROK and Japan.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the Secretary and the Foreign Minister discussed U.S. and ROK efforts to provide assistance to Ukraine and hold Russia accountable for its unprovoked and brutal war against Ukraine.\u00a0 The Secretary noted the importance of adopting policies that ensure the U.S. and ROK\u2019s economic security.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>08\/19\/2022 10:21 AM EDT &nbsp; Office&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51602"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51603,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51602\/revisions\/51603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}