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White House of the United States has officially confirmed that it has attempted to contact North Korea.
The White House emphasized that the principle is to resolve the North Korean nuclear issue through diplomacy and that the ROK-US-Japan alliance will be the centerpiece.
In the midst of this, attention is being paid to what message the US Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense will deliver on their visit to Korea tomorrow (17th).
This is Kim Yoon-soo, correspondent from Washington.
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Saki US, a spokesman for the White House, said at a regular briefing that he had attempted contact with North Korea.
The Biden administration publicly confirmed media reports that it has been in contact with North Korea since mid-last month.
[Saki/U.S. White House spokesman: It is true that we tried to contact you.
We have many channels of contact with North Korea from the past.]
Saki said, however, that we have not yet received a response.
Despite the fact that there has been no dialogue with North Korea for more than a year, he has repeatedly emphasized that the principle is to resolve the North Korean nuclear issue through diplomacy.
In particular, it has been made clear that the discussion between the ROK-US-Japan alliance will become the center of North Korean nuclear diplomacy.
[Saki/U.S. White House Spokesperson: We will continue to seek opinions from our allies, including Korea and Japan, and find new approaches.
We are listening to the opinions of both Korea and
Japan
.] After
arriving in Japan yesterday, US Secretary of State Blincoln and Defense Secretary Austin are scheduled to visit Korea tomorrow after meeting with the US-Japan diplomatic-defense ministers and continue the same type of relay talks.
After explaining the policy toward North Korea that the US has reviewed so far, and collecting opinions from South Korea, it seems that the Biden government's policy toward North Korea will also come to a final outline.