Cho Hyun-dong, First Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Korea (right), U.S. Undersecretary of State Yukiman (middle), and Japan’s Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Kenyoshi Mori (left), held a three-party meeting in Washington, USA on the 13th.

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[Instant News/Comprehensive Report] On the 13th, the Deputy Foreign Ministers of South Korea and Japan and the Deputy Secretary of State of the United States held talks in the United States. The tripartite talks reaffirmed the principle of denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and decided to strengthen trilateral cooperation to deal with the persistent nuclear threat from North Korea.

According to comprehensive foreign media reports, Cho Hyun-dong, the first official (deputy minister) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Korea, Wendy Sherman, the US Deputy Secretary of State, and Takeo Mori, the Japanese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, held a trilateral foreign ministerial meeting in Washington on the 13th. , decided to strengthen the trilateral security cooperation to deal with the threat of North Korea's nuclear weapons.

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Xueman said at the joint press conference after the meeting that North Korea launched an unprecedented number of missiles last year and continued to threaten its neighbors and the whole world. Therefore, the United States, South Korea and Japan will work together to curb the threat of North Korea's nuclear weapons and strive to achieve a peace on the Korean peninsula. nuclear principle.

Zhao Xiandong mentioned that the three parties will resolutely respond to all challenges from North Korea and strive to realize the complete denuclearization of North Korea. Peace without denuclearization is false peace.

Xueman said: "We (three countries) standing together will be able to deter North Korea, and at the same time urge North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons program and abide by the provisions and obligations of the UN Security Council resolutions."

Facing the China issue, Xueman responded that the alliance including South Korea, the United States and Japan will cooperate to stop China's disorderly behavior that challenges the international order, will counter China's destabilizing activities in the South China Sea and the East China Sea, and will also work hard to maintain peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait .