U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit the joint South Korean-U.S. military command in Seoul during her stay in the nation, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported on Wednesday.
Clinton will meet with military officials of the Combined Forces Command (CFC), including Gen. Walter Sharp, the commander of U.S. Forces Korea, Yonhap quoted CFC official Kim Yong-kyu as saying, Xinhua reported.
Clinton is set to arrive in Seoul late Thursday and meet with a series of South Korean officials, including her South Korean counterpart Yu Myung-hwan, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and Prime Minister Han Seung-soo, on Friday.
Local media expected that the U.S.- South Korean alliance, the nuclear issues on the Korean peninsula, the inter-Korean ties and economic cooperation between Seoul and Washington will be on the agenda of Clinton's visit to Seoul.
About 28,500 U.S. troops are stationed in South Korea.