The U.S. State Department says the South Korea-U.S. alliance is not just between the two countries’ presidents, but between their governments and their peoples. 

Department spokesperson Matthew Miller made the remarks Monday during a press briefing when asked about possible changes to U.S. security and foreign policy toward South Korea after President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment. 

Miller said there will be no diminution in the alliance between the United States and South Korea, stressing that the U.S. commitment to the alliance remains “ironclad.” 

The spokesperson continued that South Korea has demonstrated its “democratic resilience” over the past few weeks, saying that democratic resilience was hard won several decades ago and that the U.S. has seen the South Korean people peacefully follow a process laid out by the country’s Constitution.

Miller then stressed that Washington is ready to continue to work with the acting president and the government of South Korea in the same way it did with President Yoon.