According to Yonhap news agency, on February 8, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Korea said that the country together with America and Japan will hold a vice-ministerial dialogue in Washington next week to discuss the security situation in the region Korean Peninsulaas well as ways to strengthen tripartite cooperation.
South Korea’s First Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Hyun-dong will hold a trilateral meeting with US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman and his Japanese counterpart Takeo Mori on February 13, the ministry said.
[Đặc phái viên Mỹ, Hàn Quốc, Nhật Bản thảo luận về vấn đề Triều Tiên]
It is expected that the three sides will hold discussions on expanding cooperation in strengthening deterrence, as well as other regional and global issues. This will be the third tripartite vice ministerial meeting under the administration of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol. The latest such meeting took place in Tokyo in October 2022.
During this visit to the US, Mr. Cho Hyun-dong also had separate meetings with Ms. Sherman and Mr. Mori, drawing public attention on whether Seoul and Tokyo could narrow their differences on the issue. Korean victims of forced labor in wartime or not.
Korea and Japan conducted several rounds Consultation expert level on how to solve this problem in the past.
Tran Quyen (VNA/Vietnam+)