South Korea, U.S. and Japan Foreign Ministers Reaffirm Commitment to North Korea's Denuclearization... Launch 'Arctic-Pacific Partnership'

Emphasize Enforcement of Sanctions Against North Korea

The foreign ministers of South Korea, the United States and Japan reaffirmed their commitment to the complete denuclearization of North Korea and the implementation of United Nations Security Council resolutions. The three countries also launched a new framework for maritime and economic cooperation in the Arctic-Pacific region.

According to the U.S. State Department and other sources on October 31, Foreign Minister Cho Hyun, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu met on October 30 (local time) on the sidelines of the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Atlanta, the United States, to discuss the situation on the Korean Peninsula and in the region.

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The three foreign ministers reaffirmed their firm commitment to the complete denuclearization of North Korea and the full implementation of U.N. Security Council resolutions. They also praised the work of the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team (MSMT), which has worked to cut off revenue streams for North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile programs and to track violations and evasion of sanctions against the country.

They also agreed on the importance of maintaining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait. Secretary Rubio raised China's attempts to expand its control over the South China Sea, its coercive behavior in the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea, and cooperation between China and Russia that undermines peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

However, the remarks on China were raised by Secretary Rubio at the meeting and were not announced as a joint position of South Korea, the United States and Japan.

That day, the foreign ministers of South Korea, the United States and Japan also signed a memorandum of cooperation on the U.S.-ROK-Japan Arctic-Pacific Partnership (TAPP), aimed at exploring maritime cooperation and economic partnerships in the Arctic-Pacific region.

The foreign ministers of South Korea, the United States and Japan last met about a month earlier, on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York on September 21.

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