Lee meets with US senators, discusses Middle East, OPCON, alliance roles

President Lee Jae Myung met a bipartisan delegation of US senators at Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul on Thursday, discussing the Middle East situation, wartime operational control and the future direction of the alliance. According to the presidential office, the meeting was attended by Sens. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire and Jacky Rosen of Nevada, both Democrats, as well as Sens. Thomas Tillis of North Carolina and John Curtis of Utah, both Republicans, along with James R. Heller, US charge d’affaire