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Democratic challenger Joe Biden predicted victory on Wednesday
after winning two key U.S. states, while President Donald Trump
alleged fraud, filed lawsuits and demanded recounts in a race
yet to be decided a day after polls closed.
South Korea's foreign minister Kang Kyung-wha will arrive in
Washington on Sunday for a four day stay, the ministry said.
The trip came at the invitation from Secretary of State Mike
Pompeo who cancelled his planned visit to Seoul last month after
Trump tested positive for the coronavirus.
The ministers will hold a meeting over bilateral and regional
issues including stalled talks aimed at dismantling North
Korea's nuclear and missile programmes in exchange for U.S.
sanctions relief.
Despite uncertainty over the U.S. election, South Korea's
presidential Blue House said it would maintain the "solid"
alliance whoever wins the White House.
"Regardless of the election outcome, our government will not
only maintain the solid alliance with the United States but also
continue cooperation to develop it further," Blue House
spokesman Kang Min-seok told a briefing.
"We will also actively cooperate with a new administration to
achieve the goal of denuclearising the Korean peninsula and
building a peace regime, and closely communicate in line with
the traditions that the two countries have worked together with
any governments from each other."
The Blue House was cautiously monitoring the U.S. election, with
President Moon Jae-in scheduled for no public activity on
Thursday. The presidential National Security Council was set to
gather at 3 p.m. (0600 GMT) to discuss developments, Kang said.
(Reporting by Hyonhee Shin; Editing by Himani Sarkar and Raju
Goplakrishnan)
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