S. Korea, U.S. to hold meeting on wrong anthrax delivery

South Korea and the United States will hold a meeting for a wrong delivery in April by a U.S. military laboratory of live anthrax samples to a U.S. military base in South Korea, Seoul's foreign ministry said Monday.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a press release that the accidental delivery of the deadly anthrax agents will be discussed on Wednesday afternoon in the ministry's headquarters in central Seoul.

Military and diplomatic officials from the two sides will discuss the accident under the U.S.-Korea Status of Forces Korea ( SOFA) Joint Committee, headed by Shin Jae-hyun, director-general for the ministry's North American affairs and Terrence J. O' Shaughnessy, vice commander of the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK).

The Pentagon said in May that a military laboratory in Utah sent live anthrax samples to over 20 laboratories in U.S. states, Australia and South Korea, including the Osan Air Base located some 50 km south of the capital Seoul.

The two allies also formed a joint working group to probe into the incident and work on measures to prevent the recurrence.