South Korea-Japan Senior Representatives on North Korea Nuclear Issue Hold Phone Consultation

[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo In-ho] South Korea and Japan's chief nuclear negotiators held a phone consultation on the 2nd to discuss the recent situation on the Korean Peninsula and ways to advance denuclearization and peace settlement.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on the same day that Noh Kyu-duk, South Korea's chief nuclear negotiator and head of the Ministry's Office for Peaceful Settlement of the Korean Peninsula, held a phone consultation in the morning with Takehiro Funakoshi, Director-General of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, regarding North Korea's nuclear and related issues.

Both sides shared assessments of the recent situation on the Korean Peninsula and discussed measures to achieve substantial progress toward complete denuclearization and a permanent peace settlement on the Peninsula.

They agreed to continue closely cooperating to stably manage the situation on the Korean Peninsula and to promptly restart the peace process on the Peninsula.

Following a face-to-face consultation with Sung Kim, U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Affairs at the State Department, in Seoul on the 24th of last month, Noh held a phone consultation on the 29th and a video consultation on the 1st of this month with Liu Xiaoming, China's Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Affairs, continuing a series of recent contacts with nuclear negotiators from countries surrounding the Korean Peninsula.

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