South Korea and the United States will hold their regular defense talks in Washington next week.

A spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Defense said Thursday that the South Korea-U.S. Integrated Defense Dialogue(KIDD) is set to take place at the Pentagon next Thursday and Friday, adding that there will be a joint press statement after the meeting. 

KIDD is a high-level consultative meeting established in 2011 to ensure timely and effective security discussions between the two nations. 

The upcoming KIDD gathering will be the first since U.S. President Donald Trump took office in January.

The meeting will address policy coordination for the complete denuclearization of North Korea, and deterring and responding to the North’s nuclear and missile threats. 

The two sides will also discuss ways to strengthen the combined defense posture and other pending issues, including the conditions-based transfer of wartime operational control from the U.S. to South Korea.