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Ahead of the first three security command tower meetings in Korea, the United States, and Japan, the US Department of State once again emphasized that the center of North Korea policy is denuclearization.
It has also confirmed that cooperation with both Korea and Japan, which is an alliance, is important for the success of North Korea policy.
This is Kim Jong-won's correspondent from New York.
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US State Department said it will listen to the positions of both Korea and Japan and share their thoughts and perspectives on the new North Korea policy currently under review.
Although it is not yet possible to predict what the new policy toward North Korea will ultimately contain, it has been made clear that North Korea's denuclearization is at the center of it.
[Ned Price/U.S. State Department Spokesman: I cannot predict the conclusion of the current policy toward North Korea, but the denuclearization of North Korea will be the centerpiece of the United States' policy toward North Korea.]
These remarks came before the first meeting of the Three Kingdoms Security Command Tower. .
South Korean Security Officer Seo Hoon, US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, and Japan's Kita Muri Shigero, head of the National Security Bureau, are scheduled to hold the first discussions on US policy toward North Korea tomorrow (3rd) at the US Naval Academy near Washington DC.
The US State Department has once again stressed the importance of an alliance to the success of its North Korean policy.
[Ned Price/U.S. State Department spokesman: (policy toward North Korea) should go hand in hand with close allies such as Korea and Japan.]
In addition to the issue of North Korea's denuclearization, tomorrow's meeting will discuss various policies to maintain peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula, the White House National Security Council said.