Director-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the US-North Korea Practical Consultation Visits the United States, Japan, the United States, and Korea to Confirm Cooperation 8:25 on October 8

Following the discussions between the US and North Korea on the denuclearization of North Korea, the Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will visit Washington from the 8th to face discussions between the three countries of Japan, the US and South Korea. In addition to maintaining sanctions for the future, we will convey Japan's position to support the US-North American process and confirm cooperation.

The US-North Korea practitioner talks were held in Sweden on the 5th, and after the end, the North Korea stated that the talks were broken, but the US side showed its intention to talk again in two weeks. It was.

In response, Director-General Takizaki Asia-Pacific Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs visited Washington from the 8th, and the US-Japan-Korea 3 with the Special Representative for Vegan North Korea in the United States and the Lee Dae-hun Korean Peace Negotiations Head of the Korean Foreign Ministry I will go to the national consultation.

In this, Japan received a direct explanation from the U.S. side about the results of the US-North Korea talks, and maintained the sanctions based on the UN Security Council resolution toward the complete denuclearization of North Korea, as well as boosting the US-North Korea process. It is a policy to communicate the position again and confirm cooperation.

In addition to calling on the United States and South Korea for cooperation over the abduction issue, we will also use this opportunity to conduct individual consultations with the Korean side, whose relations are deteriorating, and to establish bilateral cooperation in terms of security. I want to check.