The foreign ministers of South Korea, the United States and Japan agreed on the need for a firm response to North Korea’s provision of arms to Russia for its war against Ukraine, as well as on enhancing cooperation to address North Korean threats, South Korea’s Foreign Ministry said Friday. South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa held a trilateral meeting Thursday on the sidelines of the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Rio De Janeiro.
The three top diplomats agreed to “continue to sternly respond” to the military cooperation between Russia and North Korea in coordination with the international community, the Foreign Ministry in Seoul said in a statement. The three emphasized that such cooperation “poses a serious threat not only to the Korean Peninsula but also to international peace and stability.” The Foreign Ministry said the ministers also assessed that the security cooperation among Seoul, Washington and Tokyo has been “significantly strengthened to effectively respond to the escalating nuclear and missile threats from North Korea.”
