U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with South Korean Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong in the United Kingdom he visited and explained the policy toward North Korea that the Biden administration had reviewed, while Foreign Minister Chung was realistic. We welcomed him and confirmed the cooperation.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who is visiting London to attend the G7 = Foreign Ministers' Meeting of the Seven Major Countries, met with South Korean Foreign Minister Chung Wei-young, who was invited as a guest to the meeting on the 3rd.
According to the U.S. Department of State, at the meeting, the two foreign ministers confirmed the cooperation to promote common security goals, such as cooperation between Japan, the United States and South Korea toward the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, over the situation in North Korea. "about it.
In this regard, South Korea's Foreign Ministry announced that Blinken had explained the Biden administration's revised policy toward North Korea and welcomed Foreign Minister Chung as "decided in a realistic and substantive direction." Did.
The Biden administration has not disclosed the details of its policy, but aims to achieve complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula through diplomacy.
They also agreed to cooperate closely with the US-ROK summit meeting in Washington on the 21st of this month.
Meanwhile, South Korean news agency Yonhap News Agency reported that Foreign Minister Chung, who was interviewed, said that he would "meet" with Foreign Minister Motegi about the foreign ministers' meeting with Japan.