SEOUL: The national security advisers of Japan, South Korea and the United States are holding trilateral talks in Seoul on Saturday, South Korea’s presidential office said, as North Korea warned of more spy satellites.
In a statement, Yoon’s office said that the trilateral cooperation has become more significant as the rule-based order faces a threat around the globe, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol stated at a dinner meeting with the security advisors on Friday.
North Korean local media said the country was determined to launch additional spy satellites soon, terming space development its right to defend the nation, Reuter reported.
Japan, US, South Korea Security Advisors in Seoul for Trilateral Talks
The US has to focus more on deterrence while working with its partners, U.S. Indo-Pacific coordinator Kurt Campbell stated. In a statement Campbell said that he is worried that North Korea, in the current atmosphere, has taken the decision decided that they are no longer interested in diplomacy with the Washington.
South Korea’s national security adviser, Cho Tae-yong also held bilateral meeting with U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan and Japanese security advisor Takeo Akiba on Friday, where they made an agreement to boost cooperation to prevent North Korea’s nuclear threat and missile provocations, South Korea’s presidential office said.
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The interactions come as a follow-up to the Camp David meeting earlier in the current year hosted by Joe Biden for Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korea’s leader Yoon.
