First OPCON Talks with Trump... "Cooperation on Naval Shipbuilding Also Discussed"

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President Lee Jae-myung, who is attending the United Nations General Assembly, held a summit with U.S. President Donald Trump. The two leaders discussed the transfer of wartime operational control (OPCON) for the first time, and cooperation in building U.S. warships was also put on the summit agenda.

Kang Min-u reports from New York.

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During their summit in New York, President Lee Jae-myung and U.S. President Donald Trump discussed various pending issues, ranging from casual conversation about golf to security and investment in the United States.

[Wi Sung-lac / Director of National Security: We reaffirmed our shared commitment to further deepen South Korea-U.S. cooperation in areas such as nuclear submarine fuel, enrichment and reprocessing, shipbuilding cooperation, and OPCON transfer...]

A senior Cheong Wa Dae official highlighted that this was the first time the issue of OPCON transfer was discussed with President Trump.

President Lee and President Trump also agreed on maintaining close communication to establish sustainable peace on the Korean Peninsula.

Earlier, in his keynote address to the UN General Assembly, President Lee expressed his commitment to pursuing multilateral dialogue among relevant countries, including the two Koreas, the U.S., and China, to establish a peace regime on the Korean Peninsula.

As his final official engagement in New York, President Lee attended an investment summit that brought together economic and financial leaders from South Korea and the United States. There, he promoted South Korea's AI policies and vision, such as the three mega-projects, along with capital market improvements through revisions to the Commercial Act.

He also introduced the fact that he discussed cooperation on warship construction with President Trump, saying that bilateral collaboration in the shipbuilding sector is taking concrete shape.

[President Lee Jae-myung: In fact, I spoke about many things with President Trump last night, and one of them was cooperation in the shipbuilding sector, including warship construction. I look forward to seeing more tangible results going forward.]

Having concluded his visit to the United States, including the South Korea-U.S. summit and his address at the UN General Assembly, President Lee will now travel to Mexico to begin the first state visit by a South Korean leader in 16 years.

Video by Jeong Sang-bo | Video Editing by Jeon Mingyu | Graphics by Kang Yoon-jung
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