North Korea Provocation: ROK-US-Japan Nuclear Representatives Hold Another Phone Consultation to "Strengthen Tripartite Cooperation"

On the 29th, South Korea-US and South Korea-Japan North Korea nuclear envoys held another call just one day after North Korea's missile launch
Director Kim Gun holds high-level North Korea nuclear talks with France

[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo In-ho] In response to North Korea's consecutive missile provocations, the chief nuclear envoys of South Korea, the United States, and Japan held another phone call within a day and agreed to continuously strengthen bilateral and trilateral cooperation for a unified international response.

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the 30th, Kim Gun, South Korea's chief nuclear envoy and head of the Korea Peace Negotiation Headquarters, held separate phone consultations on the 29th (local time) at the Embassy of France with Sung Kim, the U.S. Special Representative for North Korea, and Takehiro Funakoshi, Director-General of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, respectively, regarding South Korea-U.S. and South Korea-Japan nuclear issues.

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Kim also spoke with both representatives the previous day to respond to North Korea's missile launches.

He shared serious concerns with both sides over North Korea's recent three missile provocations in five days, including the launch of short-range ballistic missiles for two consecutive days.

They strongly condemned North Korea for continuously engaging in provocative acts that clearly violate United Nations Security Council resolutions, thereby escalating threats to the Korean Peninsula and the international community.

They agreed to hold in-depth discussions on related response measures soon through a trilateral phone consultation among South Korea, the U.S., and Japan's chief nuclear envoys.

Meanwhile, Kim, who is visiting the European Union (EU) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) for nuclear issue consultations, held the 5th South Korea-France high-level talks on nuclear response with Philippe Herrera, Director-General of the Political Affairs Directorate at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the same day.

Kim and Director-General Herrera shared serious concerns over North Korea's legalization of an offensive nuclear force policy and the continuous escalation of nuclear and missile threats, including short-range ballistic missile launches, and discussed specific ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation in response.

Kim explained South Korea's denuclearization roadmap, the Bold Initiative, to the French side.

In response, Director-General Herrera expressed strong support for the South Korean government's efforts to resume denuclearization negotiations based on the Bold Initiative.

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