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Choi Jong-moon, 2nd Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, participated in the 7-country deputy foreign ministers wire consultation presided over by US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman on the 6th to respond to the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) with the trilateral security alliance AUKUS, launched by the United States with Australia and the United Kingdom. etc were discussed.

 Since the first meeting in March last year, the Vice Foreign Ministers of Korea, the US, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, India, and Vietnam have been regularly negotiating through telephone and video connections, and this is the 20th time.

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the U.S. and Australia explained about Oucus during the consultation, and Vice Minister Choi conveyed the South Korean government's basic position that it hopes that this security cooperation will contribute to peace and stability in the region.

Vice Minister Choi also heard a briefing on the results of the US Quad Summit held on the 24th of last month and said, "If it conforms to our cooperation principles such as openness, transparency and inclusiveness and contributes to regional and global peace and prosperity, we are open to cooperation with any consultative body in the region. there," he said.

He added, "We are already promoting various cooperation at the bilateral level with the countries participating in the quad."

In addition, the participants of this consultation exchanged opinions on the COVID-19 situation in each country, vaccine development and production, and cooperation in donor to improve vaccine accessibility.