The U.S. House of Representatives in a resolution Tuesday reaffirmed the importance of the alliance with South Korea and gave U.S. President Donald Trump a slap on the wrist for claiming that Seoul does not pay its fair share.

The House adopted a resolution based on a motion by Ed Royce, the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

The bilateral alliance "exemplifies the broad and deep military, diplomatic, economic, and cultural ties shared between the United States and [South Korea]," it says.

It said South Korea "is a model for alliance burden-sharing, currently hosting 28,500 American active-duty military personnel, funding fifty percent of the total non-personnel costs of the U.S. troop presence on the Korean Peninsula."

The U.S. Forces Korea "are critical not only to the security of [South Korea] but also to protect against adversaries that threaten regional stability and the United States homeland," it adds. "The U.S.-[South Korea] Combined Forces Command is the most integrated and effective combined military command in the world."

The resolution also "reaffirms the need" for the allies "to stand shoulder-to-shoulder in continuing to apply the economic and financial pressure necessary to help peacefully end [North Korea's] dangerous nuclear and missile programs."

It "emphasizes that, regardless of the outcome of attempted negotiations with [North Korea], the... alliance will continue to deter, defend against, and defeat any outside aggressors, uphold the peace, and guard the prosperity built by our two nations."

