President Yun Seok-yeol is scheduled to emphasize that "the North Korean nuclear issue is a common task that must be urgently addressed to both South Korea, the US and Japan" at the three-nation summit on the 29th local time.
An official from the presidential office said at a press center briefing in Madrid this morning, "President Yoon should respond strongly to North Korean provocations in principle, and he plans to propose that South Korea, the US and Japan work closely together so that North Korea can return to the dialogue table." .
President Yoon, US President Joe Biden, and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's 'Korea-US-Japan Trilateral Summit' will be held for about 25 minutes starting today at 2:30 pm (9:30 pm Korean time).
It is the first time in four years and nine months since the Korea-U.S.-Japan summit held on the occasion of the UN General Assembly in September 2017.
The official said, "This three-nation summit will be a place where we can agree that cooperation between South Korea, the United States and Japan is essential, as they share basic values such as liberal democracy, human rights, and the rule of law."
"The three leaders will share the view that North Korea's continued progress in its nuclear and missile programs poses a serious threat not only to the Korean Peninsula but also to East Asia and the international community," he said. We are going to do it,” he added.