The diplomatic leaders of the United States, South Korea, and Japan met in Brazil, host of the G20 foreign ministers’ meeting, to discuss responses to growing challenges in the region. The US Secretary of State emphasized the importance of trilateral cooperation. This is reporter Lee Jo-eun.
US Secretary of State Tony Blinken said on the 22nd that “challenges in the region are increasing, including North Korea’s provocative actions, military cooperation with Russia, and China’s increasingly aggressive actions.”
[녹취:블링컨 장관] “With increasing regional challenges, including the DPRK’s provocative actions and military cooperation with Russia, and increasingly assertive actions by the PRC, cooperation and coordination with our closest allies is more important than ever.”
Minister Blinken said this in remarks before a separate meeting of the foreign ministers of the United States, Korea, and Japan held on the sidelines of the G20 foreign ministers’ meeting held in Brazil on this day, saying, “Cooperation and collaboration with our closest allies are more important than ever before.” “Everything has become important,” he stressed.
Secretary Blinken also said, “Since the Camp David Summit with President Joe Biden, South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol, and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida last August, our team has worked hard to make the a vision presented by our leaders at Camp David.” “It is based on our trilateral cooperation,” he said.
[녹취:블링컨 장관] “Since the Camp David meeting in August with President Biden, President Yoon, and Prime Minister Kishida, our teams have been working hard – working hard to try to realize the vision presented by our leaders at David’s Camp. And that is based on our trilateral cooperation.… And since then, we have developed key commitments, including the completion of our tripartite missile data sharing mechanism and a long-term military exercise plan… We have also maintained commitments to consult with each. another, to do that quickly, and to coordinate responses when we have a joint security challenge.”
After the US-Korea-Japan Camp David summit, Secretary Blinken said, “We have made progress on major commitments, including the completion of the trilateral missile information sharing system and a long-term military training plan,” and added, “When a common security challenges, we consult each other and work quickly.” “We have kept our promise to respond and collaborate,” he emphasized.
The leaders of the United States, South Korea, and Japan previously agreed at the Camp David meeting in August last year to strengthen security cooperation, including real-time sharing of North Korean missile warning information and regular multi-year trilateral training.
Accordingly, the three countries’ real-time sharing system of North Korea’s missile warning information began normal operation at the end of last year.
US Secretary of State Tony Blinken, South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yeol, and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa met in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where the G20 foreign ministers’ meeting will be held on the 22nd.
South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yeol emphasized the significance of the tripartite foreign ministers’ meeting.
[녹취:조 장관] “This meeting is very meaningful in many ways… This year marks 30 years since the first ever trilateral summit held in 1994. This gathering therefore represents a symbolic milestone in our journey together… This is our first ever trilateral foreign minister meeting to be held in South America. I think it’s emblematic of our global outreach and our commitment to meeting whenever and wherever we can.”
In his remarks that day, Minister Cho said, “This meeting is very meaningful in many ways,” and “This year marks the 30th anniversary of the first trilateral summit held in 1994.” “It will be a symbolic milestone in our journey. “
He also added that this meeting is “the first tripartite meeting of South American foreign ministers,” adding, “I believe this is a symbol of our global activities and our willingness to meet whenever and wherever we can .”
Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa also emphasized that given the current international situation, cooperation between the United States and Japan is more important than ever.
[녹취:가미카와 외무상] “I welcome the deepening and expansion of relations between our three countries, the development of our cooperation in various fields during the last six months since this historic summit in Camp David… Looking at the global landscape, the free international order and open, based on the rule of law, now being challenged. It has already been two years since Russia’s attack against Ukraine began. Our strategic coordination is more important than ever, and I look forward to working even more closely with both of you in dealing with North Korea and beyond.”
Foreign Minister Kamikawa said, “I welcome the expansion and deepening of our trilateral relations and the promotion of cooperation in various fields over the past six months since the historic Camp David Summit.”
He went on to state, “Looking at the world situation, the free and open international order based on the rule of law is now being challenged, and two years have already passed since Russia’s attack against the Ukraine began.”
“Our strategic coordination is more important than ever,” he said. “We are keen to work more closely with both sides to address North Korea and other issues.”
This is the first face-to-face meeting between the foreign ministers of the United States, Korea, and Japan since the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting held in San Francisco in November last year.
Meanwhile, State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said in a press release after the meeting that the foreign ministers of the three countries “looked back at the tremendous progress made in institutionalizing trilateral cooperation since the historic Camp David summit and discuss current and future developments to support their Indo-Pacific strategies.” We discussed future endeavors. “
[밀러 대변인] “Secretary Blinken and the Foreign Ministers reflected on the tremendous progress made since the historic Camp David Summit to establish trilateral cooperation and discussed ongoing and future efforts to support each other’s Indo-Pacific strategies. Secretary Blinken, Foreign Minister Kamikawa, and Foreign Minister Cho also discussed the importance of building on close coordination in response to the DPRK’s ongoing provocations as well as Pyongyang’s increased military support for Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine. They also discussed efforts to maintain peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait. They also discussed the ongoing conflict in Gaza.”
He also said that the three ministers “discussed the importance of establishing close cooperation to respond to North Korea’s ongoing provocations and North Korea’s growing military support for Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine.”
In addition, “we also discussed efforts to maintain peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait and the ongoing conflict in the Gaza Strip,” Miller added.
This is Lee Jo-eun from VOA News.
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