High-ranking officials from the US and Japanese governments in charge of the North Korean issue talked over the phone and said that the restoration of the communication route connecting South Korea and North Korea, which had been blocked since last year, is a positive move to improve relations between North and South Korea. We welcomed them and agreed to keep an eye on the future situation.
On the 28th, the Director of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs met with Sung Kim, the special representative of the US government in charge of North Korea, over the phone for about 40 minutes.
Among them, they are positive about improving relations between North and South Korea about the restoration of the contact route with South Korea on the 27th, which North Korea blocked last year in response to criticism of the regime by South Korean defectors' groups. We welcomed it as a move and agreed to keep an eye on the future situation.
In addition, based on the fact that the Biden administration of the United States reviewed its policy toward North Korea, they said that they would work in Japan, the United States, and Japan, the United States, and South Korea to resolve various issues such as the abduction issue and the nuclear and missile issues. We have confirmed that we will continue to work closely together.