Cheong NSC Standing Committee Meeting Held... "Pursuing Measures to Resume Dialogue with North Korea"

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] On the afternoon of the 10th, the government held a Standing Committee meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) chaired by National Security Office Director Suh Hoon to discuss ways to resume dialogue with North Korea.

The attendees first closely analyzed recent developments related to North Korea and the situation on the Korean Peninsula. They agreed to continue consulting and promoting ways to resume dialogue with North Korea through close communication between South Korea and the United States via telephone consultations between their deputy foreign ministers, trilateral consultations among the senior nuclear envoys of South Korea, the U.S., and Japan, and trilateral meetings of foreign ministers of South Korea, the U.S., and Japan.

They also emphasized the need for Japan to develop future-oriented Korea-Japan relations by faithfully fulfilling its commitments to the international community based on a correct understanding of history, while closely monitoring recent moves such as Japan’s push to register the Sado Mine as a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Furthermore, the attendees reviewed the situation in Ukraine and agreed to maintain a stance of peaceful resolution through diplomacy, while taking thorough measures to ensure the safety of our citizens and protect businesses. They also agreed to continue necessary actions and to maintain strict quarantine management and support to overcome the spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant.

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