"We are expecting to discuss how South Korea and the US can co-operate to cope with North Korea's threats, to analyse North Korea's threats and to discuss how to further improve the South Korea-US military relationship, " ministry spokesman, Kim Min-seok, said.
On Friday, Russia - which shares a border with North Korea - summoned US and South Korean envoys to urge them to cancel the exercises, saying Moscow was "deeply concerned" about rising tensions in the region.