国防部长安圭伯（Ahn Gyu-back）将于下周访问美国，会见美国国防部长皮特·海格塞斯（Pete Hegseth）。双方计划讨论战时作战指挥权移交及其他悬而未决的安全议题。
国防部长安圭伯将于周日启程前往华盛顿进行为期五天的访问，并于周一与其美国同行举行会谈。这是他上任后首次访问美国。
议程包括为在2029年第一季度前达成战时作战指挥权移交条件所做的努力，以及核动力潜艇项目的进展。韩国的目标是在2028年前完成作战指挥权（OPCON）移交。
双方还可能商讨支持重开霍尔木兹海峡以及有关朝鲜情报共享的限制问题。安圭伯还计划与代理海军部长洪曹（Hung Cao）及参议院关键委员会成员举行单独会晤。
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U.S. Forces Korea Commander Gen. Xavier Brunson said Wednesday that a roadmap has been delivered to the Pentagon to meet wartime operational control (OPCON) transfer conditions no later than the second quarter of fiscal year 2029. This targets January to March 2029 as the allies pursue a conditions-based transition. Brunson stressed the need to satisfy all conditions.
Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi will visit South Korea in June for talks with his counterpart, Ahn Gyu-back. This reciprocal trip follows Ahn's January visit to Japan and marks Koizumi's first to the country since assuming his post last October.
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President Lee Jae-myung met with six U.S. lawmakers from the Congressional Study Group on Korea in Seoul on April 2 and reaffirmed his commitment to regaining wartime operational control from Washington. He stated that along with increasing defense spending, South Korea aims to reduce the U.S. burden and safeguard peace on the Korean Peninsula with its own capabilities. The remarks follow criticism from former President Donald Trump.
The US State Department confirmed on Thursday that South Korea's main opposition leader Jang Dong-hyeok met a top aide to the under secretary of state for public diplomacy during his Washington visit last week. The meeting, requested by Jang's delegation, highlighted US public diplomacy efforts, a spokesperson said. Jang had claimed to meet an 'assistant secretary'.