No Gyudeok, Head of the Korean Peninsula Headquarters, Holds First Korea-Japan Senior Talks on North Korea Nuclear Issue: "Stable Situation Management"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] On the 23rd, Noh Kyu-duk, the newly appointed Chief Negotiator for Korean Peninsula Peace, held the first Korea-Japan senior representative talks on North Korea's nuclear issue with Takehiro Funakoshi, Director-General of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, combining it with a courtesy meeting, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced.

Director-General Funakoshi was newly appointed on the 2nd following the appointment of his predecessor, Shigeki Takizaki, as Deputy Minister of the Cabinet Secretariat. He oversees affairs related to the Korean Peninsula, including the North Korean nuclear issue.

During the senior representative talks, both sides shared their assessments of the situation on the Korean Peninsula and exchanged views on cooperation measures among Korea, Japan, and the Korea-US-Japan trilateral framework to steadily manage the current situation and advance complete denuclearization and the establishment of lasting peace on the Peninsula.

Furthermore, they agreed to continue close communication and cooperation between the two countries regarding North Korea's nuclear and related issues.

Starting with a phone call on the 22nd with Stephen Biegun, US Deputy Secretary of State and Special Representative for North Korea, the new Chief Negotiator Noh has been conducting non-face-to-face consultations with key international dialogue partners.

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