South Korea's acting president, Han Duck-soo, spoke with U.S. President Joe Biden by phone, Han's office said in a statement on Sunday, APA reports citing Reuters.
"South Korea will carry out its foreign and security policies without disruption and strive to ensure the South Korea-U.S. alliance is maintained and developed steadfastly," the statement quoted him as saying.
Biden told Han that the ironclad U.S.-South Korea Alliance remains unchanged and the United States will work together with South Korea to further develop and strengthen the U.S-South Korea alliance as well as trilateral cooperation among South Korea, Japan and the United States, the statement added.