3-Day Korea-IAEA High-Level Policy Consultation In-Person Meeting... Discussions on Strengthening North Korea Nuclear Verification Preparedness and More

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The 9th Korea-International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) High-level Policy Consultation (ROK-IAEA High-level Policy Consultation) is scheduled to be held as an in-person meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the 3rd, chaired by Ham Sang-wook, Director-General for Multilateral Diplomacy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Massimo Aparo, Deputy Director General for Safeguards at the IAEA, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced.

Deputy Director General Aparo attended as the IAEA's chief representative at the 7th Korea-IAEA High-level Policy Consultation in November 2018 and the 8th in November 2019.

At this high-level consultation, both sides plan to broadly discuss issues of mutual interest, including △ cooperation measures to strengthen IAEA's preparedness for North Korea nuclear verification △ major issues related to IAEA safeguards △ Korea-IAEA safeguards cooperation.

The Korea-IAEA High-level Policy Consultation has served as a strategic communication channel between the two sides, being held annually for nine sessions since its inception in 2013.

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