Jin Sung-joon, chair of the National Assembly's National Defense Committee and a Democratic Party of Korea lawmaker, said Saturday that he had just received a US official visa, clearing the way for the committee's planned visit to US Indo-Pacific Command to proceed as scheduled.
Jin wrote on Facebook that he had received an entry visa from the US Embassy in Seoul on Saturday and said he was relieved that the Department of State had issued the official A-2 visa to the chair of South Korea's National Assembly Defense Committee, even if belatedly.
Jin said the delegation would depart Sunday afternoon and hold substantive discussions with the commander of US Indo-Pacific Command and senior US military officials on strengthening bilateral security cooperation and developing a future-oriented alliance, with South Korea's national interests at the center of the talks.
The National Assembly's National Defense Committee had earlier announced it was organizing a delegation to visit US Indo-Pacific Command from Sunday through Thursday to discuss ways to strengthen South Korea-US security cooperation and advance the alliance.
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