Deputy Security Chiefs of South Korea, US, and Japan Hold Secure Video Conference... Discuss 'North Korea-Russia Military Cooperation'

Participants from 3 countries: "Russia must comply with Security Council resolutions"

Kim Tae-hyo, the First Deputy Director of the National Security Office, held a trilateral security deputy-level video conference with Kurt Campbell, the U.S. National Security Council (NSC) Indo-Pacific Coordinator, and Ichikawa Keiichi, the Deputy Director of Japan's National Security Secretariat, the Presidential Office announced on the 4th.

The meeting was an occasion for the security deputy-level participants from the three countries to share assessments of military cooperation between North Korea and Russia and discuss response measures.

They also stated, "Any transfer of weapons by North Korea is a clear violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions," adding, "Russia, which participated in the adoption of the UN Security Council resolutions, has an even greater obligation and responsibility to comply with them."

The participants from the three countries shared the view that the Republic of Korea, the United States, and Japan must cooperate more closely amid Russia and North Korea's continued denial of mutual military cooperation.

Kim Tae-hyo, First Deputy Director of the National Security Office (left), and Kurt Campbell, U.S. National Security Council (NSC) Indo-Pacific Coordinator, shake hands after concluding a joint press conference related to the launch meeting of the Korea-U.S. Nuclear Consultative Group (NCG) held at the Yongsan Presidential Office building in Seoul on July 18 last year. Photo by Yonhap News.

In particular, they agreed to further strengthen the trilateral cooperative framework derived from the trilateral summit held last August at Camp David, the U.S. President's retreat, attended by President Yoon Suk-yeol, U.S. President Joe Biden, and Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio, and to actively respond to North Korea's additional provocations and the Russia-North Korea military cooperation issue as the three countries serve as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council in 2024.

The United States is a permanent member of the Security Council along with the United Kingdom, France, Russia, and China. South Korea will serve as a non-permanent member of the Security Council for 2024?2025, and Japan for 2023?2024.

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