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Hillary Clinton to visit US military command in S. Korea

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-02-18 14:25

SEOUL -- US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit the joint South Korean-US military command in Seoul during her stay in the nation, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported on Wednesday.

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (L) is welcomed by Japan's Empress Michiko upon arrival for a tea party at Imperial Palace in Tokyo February 17, 2009. [Reuters]

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Clinton will meet with military officials of the Combined Forces Command (CFC), including Gen. Walter Sharp, the commander of US Forces Korea, Yonhap quoted CFC official Kim Yong-kyu as saying.

Clinton is set to arrive in Seoul late Thursday and meet with a series of South Korean officials, including her South Korean counterpart Yu Myung-hwan, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and Prime Minister Han Seung-soo, on Friday.

Local media expected that the South Korean-US alliance, the nuclear issues on the Korean peninsula, the inter-Korean ties and economic cooperation between Seoul and Washington will be on the agenda of Clinton's visit to Seoul.

About 28,500 US troops are stationed in South Korea.