The top nuclear envoys of South Korea, the United States and Japan emphasized their “resolve” against North Korea’s “grave” security threats and its growing military cooperation with Russia during a meeting in Tokyo on Thursday, the State Department said.
Lee Jun-il, director general for North Korean nuclear affairs at Seoul’s foreign ministry, held the talks with U.S. Senior Official for North Korea Jung Pak and Hiroyuki Namazu, director general for Asian and Oceanian Affairs at Tokyo’s foreign ministry.
Their talks came amid persistent tensions caused by Pyongyang’s continued push for its nuclear and missile programs and its tough rhetoric against Seoul and Washington.
“The three sides underscored their continued resolve in the face of the grave security threats posed by the DPRK’s provocations, unlawful weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs, and deepening military cooperation with Russia,” the department said in a release.
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