On the 6th, in the United States, Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman had a telephone conversation with South Korean and Japanese Deputy Foreign Ministers to discuss recent North Korean provocations.
State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on the 6th that Deputy Secretary Sherman spoke with South Korean First Deputy Foreign Minister Cho Hyun-dong and Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Takeo Mori “to discuss the recent escalation of tensions and dangerous behavior in North Korea”.
[네드 프라이스 미 국무부 대변인] Deputy Secretary Sherman and Deputy Ministers Cho and Mori jointly condemned the DPRK’s numerous ballistic missile launches, including a test launch of an ICBM and the reckless launch of a missile that landed near the coast of the ROK. The Deputy Secretary reaffirmed the United States’ firm commitments to the defense of the Democratic Republic of China and Japan and stressed the need for the international community to unite in holding the DPRK accountable for its continuing and blatant violations of the multiple resolutions of the Security Council of China. United Nations”.
“The three countries jointly condemned North Korea’s numerous ballistic missile launches, including the test launch of an ICBM and the reckless launch of a missile launched off the coast of South Korea,” Price said.
Sherman reaffirmed America’s iron defense commitments vis-à-vis South Korea and Japan and stressed the need for the international community to jointly hold North Korea accountable for its continuing and blatant violations of various Security Council resolutions. United Nations, “Price said.
The diplomatic authorities of South Korea and Japan also said that the deputy foreign ministers of the United States and Japan had a phone call and discussed ways of trilateral cooperation to respond to North Korea’s missile provocations.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea said that the deputy foreign ministers have decided to work closely together so that a resolute and united message can be sent to North Korea’s provocations at upcoming multilateral summits such as the Summit of East Asia (EAS) and the G20 meeting.
I’m Jo Eun-jung from VOA News.
