US, S.Korea, Japan Vow 'Complete' N.Korea Denuclearization
The three allies also pledged full enforcement of UN sanctions to cut revenue for North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic missile programmes.
- On Friday, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun, and Toshimitsu Motegi met in Atlanta, Georgia, and "reaffirmed their resolute commitment to the complete denuclearization" of North Korea at a G20 meeting.
- The diplomats pledged "full implementation" of Security Council resolutions, including a ban on supporting revenue for North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile programmes.
- On Saturday, Pyongyang denounced the joint statement, vowing that "the stereotyped sanctions racket of the U.S. and the West can neither influence the position of the DPRK" as a nuclear state.
- President Lee Jae Myung previously suggested The United States seek a nuclear freeze in return for sanctions relief, though critics warn this approach risks tacitly accepting North Korea as a nuclear-armed state.
- Last year, President Trump bucked long-held U.S. policy, conceding North Korea was "sort of a nuclear power" while claiming he was "100 percent" open to meetings that went unanswered.
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The foreign ministers of the United States, South Korea, and Japan reaffirmed their shared commitment to pushing for the complete denuclearization of North Korea and to continue enforcing United Nations sanctions.
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