Japan urged US in Feb. to resume nuclear talks with North Korea
March 3, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)
The Foreign Ministry headquarters is seen in this file photo taken on Feb. 2, 2019. (Mainichi) TOKYO (Kyodo) Japan urged the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden last month to resume denuclearization talks with North Korea, as the new U.S. government plans a full review of its approach to Pyongyang, sources familiar with the matter said Wednesday. Takehiro Funakoshi, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry s Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, called for the resumption of the denuclearization talks in a Feb. 19 teleconference with his U.S. and South Korean counterparts, saying they had been highly effective, according to the sources.
Japan urged U.S. in Feb. to resume North Korea nuclear talks: sources
Japan urged the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden last month to resume denuclearization talks with North Korea, as the new U.S. government plans a full review of its approach to Pyongyang, sources familiar with the matter said Wednesday.
Takehiro Funakoshi, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry s Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, called for the resumption of the denuclearization talks in a Feb. 19 teleconference with his U.S. and South Korean counterparts, saying they had been highly effective, according to the sources.
A military parade is held in Pyongyang on Jan. 14, 2021. (KCNA/Kyodo)
U.S., Japan, South Korea affirm ties toward North Korea denuclearization
Senior foreign ministry officials of the United States, Japan and South Korea on Thursday affirmed to work closely toward the denuclearization of Korean Peninsula in their first such trilateral meeting to discuss North Korean issues since the change of the U.S. administration.
The group discussed during a videoconference the ongoing U.S. review on its North Korea policy and stressed the importance of continued close cooperation and coordination, the U.S. State Department said in a press release.
Since its inauguration on Jan. 20, the Biden administration has vowed to review North Korea policy in its entirety in consultation with U.S. allies to get the reclusive state to abandon its nuclear weapons.
By MATTHEW M. BURKE AND AYA ICHIHASHI | STARS AND STRIPES Published: January 21, 2021 Japanese diplomats lodged a protest with their Chinese counterparts Wednesday over Beijing’s repeated intrusions into waters surrounding disputed islets in the East China Sea. The comments about the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Island chain came during a maritime security videoconference between senior diplomats from both countries, a spokesman from Japan’s Foreign Ministry told Stars and Stripes by phone Thursday. Takehiro Funakoshi, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry s Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, and Hong Liang, director general of the Chinese Foreign Ministry’s Department of Boundary and Ocean Affairs, took part in the conference, the spokesman said.