S. Korea, U.S. national security advisors agree to meet at earliest possible date in first phone talks

Meanwhile Seoul and Washington's national security advisors have agreed to meet at an early date in the U.S. to address a host of regional and global concerns.

Intentions to this end were shared during recent talks on the phone between Shin Won-sik and Michael Waltz.

According to the top office here the two officials also touched upon the bilateral alliance as well as the trilateral partnership with Japan amid North Korea's nuclear weapons and missile threats.

Shin also voiced his confidence in the future of South Korea's ties with the U.S. under the Trump administration while Waltz shared a similar expectation of greater cooperation across a range of fields.