Korea-US-Japan North Korea Nuclear Representatives "Condemn North Korean Provocations... Strengthen Korea-US-Japan Security Cooperation"

Kim Gun "Shooting in Maritime Buffer Zone Violates September 19 Agreement"

Takehiro Funakoshi, Director-General of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (left), Kim Gun, Director-General for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Korea, and Sung Kim, U.S. Special Representative for North Korea at the U.S. Department of State, are posing for a commemorative photo before the trilateral senior-level talks on North Korea's nuclear issue held on June 3 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Jongno-gu, Seoul. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Jang Hee-jun] Kim Gun, Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Office for Peaceful Negotiations on the Korean Peninsula, condemned North Korea's violation of the September 19 inter-Korean military agreement during phone consultations with the U.S. and Japan's chief nuclear envoys, following North Korea's simultaneous multiple provocations.

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the morning of the 14th, Head Kim spoke separately 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.

Head Kim pointed out that North Korea, after continuing unprecedented missile provocations since the end of last month, carried out threatening flights by military aircraft, ballistic missile launches, and artillery firing within the maritime buffer zone in the early hours of the day. He emphasized that these actions not only escalate tensions on the Korean Peninsula and in the region but that the artillery firing clearly violates the September 19 military agreement.

The chief envoys of the three countries expressed deep concern that such provocations by North Korea threaten peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and in the international community. In particular, they condemned North Korea's launch of short-range ballistic missiles (SRBM) as a violation of multiple United Nations Security Council resolutions and denounced the continuation of illegal provocations.

Furthermore, they stressed that the more North Korea continues its provocations, the more it will lead to strengthened security cooperation among South Korea, the U.S., and Japan, urging North Korea to immediately cease provocations and return to dialogue. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also reported that these representatives agreed to continuously strengthen bilateral and trilateral communication and cooperation for a unified and resolute response from the international community.

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