South Korea, US, Japan Foreign Ministers Reaffirm Commitment to Complete Denuclearization of North Korea

The foreign ministers of South Korea, the United States, and Japan reaffirmed their commitment to the complete denuclearization of North Korea yesterday, local time (the 30th).

The State Department stated that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun and Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi on the sidelines of the Group of 20 (G20) Foreign Ministers' Meeting held in Atlanta yesterday, where they reached this consensus.

The ministers "reaffirmed their steadfast commitment to the complete denuclearization of North Korea and the full implementation of UN Security Council resolutions," they said.

The State Department explained that the Security Council resolutions whose implementation was emphasized by the three foreign ministers include provisions prohibiting activities that help North Korea generate revenue for its nuclear and ballistic missile programs.

In addition, they praised the activities of the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team (MSMT), which detects violations and evasion of UN Security Council sanctions by North Korea.

According to the State Department, the foreign ministers of South Korea, the US, and Japan also emphasized the importance of maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.

Secretary Rubio also raised China's attempts to secure dominance in the South China Sea, its coercive behavior in the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea, and the issue of cooperation between China and Russia that undermines peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region, the State Department stated.

The ministers signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) for the Trilateral Arctic-Pacific Partnership (TAPP) yesterday to seek maritime cooperation and economic partnership in the Pacific Arctic region.

(Photo: Secretary Marco Rubio's X account, Yonhap News)
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