The foreign ministers of South Korea, the United States and Japan held a trilateral meeting on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, on Tuesday (local time), exchanging views on the international situation, including reaffirming the principle of denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. From right: South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi. [Ministry of Foreign Affairs]
The foreign ministers of South Korea, the United States and Japan held a trilateral meeting on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, on Tuesday (local time), exchanging views on the international situation, including reaffirming the principle of denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. From right: South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi. [Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun and Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi reached a shared understanding on advancing South Korea-Japan and South Korea-US-Japan cooperation at a bilateral meeting Tuesday (local time), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

Cho had departed for Ankara, Turkey, on Tuesday to attend the NATO summit. He held the bilateral meeting with Motegi after a trilateral foreign ministers' meeting with the United States and Japan.

The two ministers agreed to further develop cooperation both bilaterally and within the South Korea-US-Japan framework.

They also noted that recent active shuttle diplomacy between the two countries' leaders has been driving cooperation across a wide range of fields.

The ministers agreed to stay in close communication to further expand practical cooperation that citizens can tangibly feel.


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