Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo shakes hands with acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan at the beginning of the ROK-U.S. bilateral defense talks held at the ministry compound in Yongsan, Seoul, Monday. The transfer of wartime operational control (OPCON) and the relocation of the ROK-US Combined Forces Command (CFC) topped the meeting's agenda. Yonhap



CFC to be moved to Camp Humphreys



By Jung Da-min, Joint Press Corps



Seoul and Washington agreed Monday to name a South Korean four-star general to lead the combined forces command (CFC) here, according to the defense ministry.



They also agreed to relocate the command's headquarters, now at the U.S. Forces Korea's Yongsan Garrison base in Seoul, to its Camp Humpheys base in Pyeongtaek, citing operational efficiency.



The agreements were reached between Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo and his counterpart acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan in Seoul.



Shanahan later visited President Moon Jae-in at Cheong Wa Dae for talks on the alliance and issues regarding North Korea's denuclearization, weeks ahead of a summit between Moon and U.S. President Donald Trump scheduled for the end of June.



During the meeting at the presidential office, Moon and Shanahan reaffirmed the principle that the international sanctions against North Korea should be kept in place until there was significant process in the denuclearization process.



"The ROK-US alliance is the most important thing in pursuing complete denuclearization and building a permanent peace on the Korean Peninsula," Moon said, adding that humanitarian aid to the North was also important while asking for cooperation on this from the U.S.





President Moon Jae-in shakes hands with acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan at Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul, Monday. Yonhap