U.S. State Department "Looks forward to diplomatic communication between South Korea"Preparation for cooperation with acting authorities"

The U.S. State Department expressed its expectations for diplomatic communication, saying it is ready to cooperate with the South Korean government under Acting President Han Duck-soo.

Vedant Patel, a deputy spokesman for the U.S. State Department, said at a briefing on the 19th local time that the U.S. is ready to cooperate with Acting President Han Deok-soo and the South Korean government, and that he looks forward to working together when the schedule is decided in the future.

Patel said the most important thing in the post-declaration situation is that South Korea has shown democratic resilience and that the U.S. strongly supports the Korean people in all these processes.

Regarding U.S. Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield's remarks that Russia may be nearing the end of its acceptance of North Korea's nuclear weapons program, he said if Russia makes such a declaration, it will be concerned as a measure to show close ties to North Korea and Russia.

Patel also said he disagrees with the international human rights group Human Rights Watch's claim that Israel's war with Hamas and cutting off water supplies to Gaza is a criminal act equivalent to genocide, saying the legal standard for genocide is very high.