US Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette hosted talks with South Korean Vice Foreign Minister Cho Hyun for the plenary meeting of a bilateral commission on peaceful nuclear cooperation, the Department of Energy said in a press release on Friday.
WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 17th August, 2018) US Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette hosted talks with South Korean Vice Foreign Minister Cho Hyun for the plenary meeting of a bilateral commission on peaceful nuclear cooperation, the Department of Energy said in a press release on Friday.
"During their discussions, Deputy Secretary Brouillette and Vice Foreign Minister Cho discussed the management of spent nuclear fuel, reliability in the nuclear fuel market, exports and export control cooperation, and nuclear security and non-proliferation," the release said. "They also agreed upon future joint technical activities in each of these areas."
Established under a 2015 US-South Korean Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation Agreement, the High Level Bilateral Commission (HLBC) serves as a formal mechanism for senior US and South Korean officials to meet and discuss the most important issues pertaining to the civil nuclear relationship, the release explained.
