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The U.S. State Department confirmed on the 15th (local time) that it will closely coordinate with the Yun Seok-yeol administration for the denuclearization of North Korea and said it supports South Korea’s efforts to seek a diplomatic solution with North Korea.
State Department spokeswoman Ned Price responded to a question about President Yoon’s response to President Yoon’s August 15 Liberation Day congratulatory speech at a press briefing on the same day.
In his congratulatory speech, President Yoon said, “If North Korea stops developing nuclear weapons and converts to practical denuclearization, we propose a bold plan that can dramatically improve the North Korean economy and people’s livelihoods in line with that stage.”
In addition, he evaluated Japan as a neighbor to face challenges that threaten world freedom, and declared the succession of the 1998 new Korea-Japan partnership joint declaration, the ‘Kim Dae-jung-Obuchi Declaration’, demonstrating its will to improve Korea-Japan relations.
“We strongly support South Korea’s goal of paving the way for serious and lasting diplomacy with Pyongyang,” Price said.
The goal shared by the United States with South Korea, its allies and partners is the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, he said.
“As part of that, a strong and effective trilateral relationship between the United States, South Korea and Japan is important,” said Price, emphasizing trilateral cooperation.
The three countries listed the common goals of the three countries: defending freedom and democracy, advocating human rights and women’s rights, responding to climate change, building resilient supply chains, promoting regional security and stability, and strengthening the non-proliferation regime and the rule of law.
He also referred to the Korea-US-Japan relationship as “a trilateral relationship that transcends the Indo-Pacific in many ways,” reiterating the need for trilateral cooperation on global issues beyond the Indo-Pacific region.
“Therefore, we will continue to discuss this with the Yun Seok-Yeol administration and also with Japan,” he said.
When asked whether sanctions against North Korea would be lifted or maintained in the early stages of denuclearization negotiations with North Korea, Price said, “North Korea has not shown any indication that it is interested in diplomacy or dialogue.” avoided
“We have made it clear that we are ready for dialogue and diplomacy, and we believe that diplomacy provides the best way to achieve the ultimate goal of denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula,” he said. I don’t want to go ahead.”
However, he said, “I believe that diplomacy can bring practical and practical steps that the United States, North Korea, and allies and partners around the world can take toward the ultimate goal of complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.”
/yunhap news