Deputy Foreign Minister of the U.S. Visits the U.S. to explain the domestic situation to Trump..."I don't plan to meet you yet".

[Anchor]
For the first time since martial law and impeachment, the first deputy foreign minister has visited the United States and resumed face-to-face diplomacy.

President-elect Trump also explains the situation in Korea, but he said he has no plans to meet yet.

This is Washington correspondent Kwon Jun-ki.

[Reporter]
First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Hong-kyun rushed to the U.S. ahead of the Christmas holiday.

Martial law is a visit to meet Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell, who said it was a serious misjudgment by Yoon Suk Yeol's president, to explain the situation at home and discuss future cooperation measures.

President-elect Trump, who will take office next month, also said he is explaining martial law and impeachment, but he said he will not meet with Trump on this visit.

[Kim Hong-kyun / First Vice Foreign Minister: There are no plans to meet with Trump's personnel yet. We have continued to communicate with Trump and have adequately explained all such domestic situations.]

Vice Minister Kim said, "We are not in a position to convey how Trump perceives the situation in Korea, but we would have confirmed Korea's strong democratic resilience."

[Kim Hong-kyun / Deputy Foreign Minister] As the world saw, I think Korea has a clear understanding of the situation because it has shown how resilient democracy is.]

Vice Minister Kim explained that under acting Han Deok-soo, he is preparing for the launch of the second Trump administration and making various plans.

In particular, since the cooperation between South Korea, the U.S., and Japan began during the first Trump administration, it is expected that the second government will continue.

It also said it would discuss whether to hold a foreign ministers' meeting before the end of the Biden administration's term.

Vice Minister Kim plans to fly to Tokyo after three days of visiting Washington to continue the Korea-Japan foreign ministerial talks.

This is YTN Kwon Jun-ki from Washington.