February 15, 2001
President Bush will welcome President Kim Dae-jung to Washington for a working visit March 7. The United States and the Republic of Korea are treaty allies. They share important security objectives on the Korean peninsula as well as a broad range of common interests in the Asia-Pacific region. The President looks forward to discussing Korean peninsula issues and to finding ways to strengthen the alliance and overall bilateral cooperation.
George W. Bush, Statement by the Press Secretary: Republic of Korea President to Visit Washington Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/280119