1. The Republic of Korea and the United States will hold a small-group meeting on their Special Measures Agreement (SMA), which will come into effect in 2014, near Seoul on October 5.

※ The current SMA (2009~2013) will expire on December 31, 2013.

2. At the forthcoming meeting, Hwang Joon-kook, Ambassador for Defense Burden-sharing of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, will lead the ROK delegation comprised of relevant officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of National Defense. The US side will be headed by Eric John, Senior Advisor for Security Negotiations of the Department of State, and include relevant officials from the Department of State, the Department of Defense, and the United States Forces Korea.

3. In the meeting, the two sides will engage in in-depth discussions by building upon the outcomes of their previous high-level meetings.


                   Spokesperson and Deputy Minister for Public Relations of MOFA

* unofficial translation