Senior foreign affairs and security officials from South Korea and the United States hold hands with each other before they start a ``two plus two`` meeting at the official residence of the Korean foreign affairs and trade minister in Hannam-dong, Seoul, Thursday. They are, from left, Defense Minister Kim Dong-Shin, U.S. Charge d`Affairs Evans Revere, ROK-U.S. Combined Forces Command Commander Gen. Thomas Schwartz and Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Han Seung-Soo.