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Today (23rd) around 3:00 am our time, that is, about 3 hours ago, the Korea, US and Japan foreign ministers meeting was also held in New York, USA.
At the meeting, plans for cooperation between the three countries on North Korea's nuclear and missile issues were discussed.
Correspondent Kim Jong-won from New York.
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The foreign ministers of the three countries met again after two months in Manhattan, New York.
At today's meeting, which took place in secret for about an hour, it is known that the three countries agreed to further strengthen cooperation in relation to North Korea's seventh nuclear test and other provocations.
[Park Jin/Minister of Foreign Affairs: Let's further strengthen triangular cooperation between South Korea, the US and Japan, and in relation to the recent threat of North Korea's use of nuclear weapons, we talked about the need for our decisive response (preparation for) through very close cooperation between South Korea and Japan.) ]
Minister of Foreign Affairs Park Jin also said that they had agreed to closely cooperate with each other in relation to the situation in which various changes are taking place in the global economy and security.
Regarding the brief talks between the leaders of Korea and Japan, which took place after twists and turns, it was meaningful in many ways, and it was evaluated that it was a good opportunity to improve relations between Korea and Japan.
US Secretary of State Blincoln said in a brief speech before the summit, emphasizing that the ROK, the US and Japan have been working together in a bilateral form, but trilateral cooperation is more effective.
[Tony Blincoln/Secretary of State: The trilateral cooperation between Korea, the United States and Japan is more effective in responding to international issues as well as regional security issues.]
Secretary Blincoln repeatedly stated that trilateral cooperation is very important for the United States, as if improving relations between Korea and Japan were in mind.