High-ranking officials from Japan, the United States, and South Korea, who are in charge of the North Korean issue, held discussions in Washington on the 19th, discussing ballistic missiles launched by North Korea, and collaborating to ease tensions and denuclearize the Korean Peninsula. I confirmed.
At the talks held in Washington on the 19th, ▽ Director of the Asia-Pacific Region, Funakoshi of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ▽ Special Representative for North Korea at the US Department of State, Sung Kim, and ▽ Peace of the Korean Peninsula of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Korea The General Manager of the Negotiation Headquarters attended.
Face-to-face discussions under this framework have been held in Tokyo on September 14, and are the first since the inauguration of the Kishida administration.
North Korea launched two ballistic missiles on the 19th, one of which may be a SLBM = submarine-launched ballistic missile, which is estimated to have flown approximately 600 kilometers in an irregular orbit.
According to a foreign ministry official, in the talks between the three countries, Japan strongly accused Japan of violating the UN Security Council resolution on North Korea's missile launch, and both the United States and South Korea expressed concern.
According to the US State Department, the three countries have continued to confirm cooperation to ease tensions and denuclearize the Korean Peninsula.
The Biden administration in the United States is calling on North Korea to have a dialogue without preconditions, but so far there is no response from the North Korean side, so there is no way to overcome the situation. ..