US-ROK-Japan National Security Advisors "Reaffirm Obligations on North Korea Denuclearization and Ban on Military Cooperation"

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Cho Tae-yong, Director of the National Security Office, announced on the 9th that the three countries of South Korea, the United States, and Japan "reconfirmed North Korea's denuclearization obligations and military cooperation prohibition obligations under the UN Security Council resolutions related to North Korea, and agreed to strengthen trilateral cooperation to ensure thorough implementation by the international community."

Director Cho, Jake Sullivan, U.S. National Security Advisor, and Takeo Akiba, Director of Japan's National Security Secretariat, held a trilateral security meeting in Seoul on the morning of the same day. After the meeting, they held a joint briefing at the Yongsan Presidential Office, expressing their commitment to strengthening cooperation not only in security but also in economic collaboration.

Cho Tae-yong, Director of the National Security Office (center), is taking a commemorative photo with Jake Sullivan, U.S. National Security Advisor (left), and Takeo Akiba, Director of Japan's National Security Bureau, at the joint security briefing of South Korea, the U.S., and Japan held on the 9th in the briefing room of the Yongsan Presidential Office building.
[Photo by Yonhap News]

Director Cho explained, "The spirit and principles of the South Korea-U.S.-Japan cooperation presented at the Camp David summit are comprehensive and strategic, encompassing security, economy, and technology," adding, "The three national security directors discussed various measures to practically implement the directions set by the three leaders."

He continued, "We agreed to steadily promote trilateral security cooperation, including real-time sharing of North Korean missile warning information and the establishment of a multi-year trilateral training plan," and added, "We will swiftly and effectively carry out follow-up measures of the Camp David agreement in the fields of cyber economy, advanced technology, and development cooperation, and further strengthen comprehensive cooperation in supply chains, technology protection, joint research, AI (artificial intelligence), governance, and economic security."

Furthermore, Director Cho emphasized, "We exchanged views on global issues such as Ukraine and the Middle East, and the three countries, sharing universal values such as liberal democracy and human rights, agreed to strongly cooperate to uphold a rules-based international order," and "We also agreed to coordinate responses to foreign disinformation and other covert operations."