Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the US Ambassador to the United Nations, will visit South Korea and Japan consecutively from the 14th to the 20th, the US Mission to the UN announced on the 8th (local time).
Nate Evans, spokesperson for the US Mission, confirmed via the social networking service X (formerly Twitter) account that Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield will engage in activities to enhance cooperation between the two countries (South Korea-US and US-Japan) and trilateral (South Korea-US-Japan) cooperation on the stage of the UN Security Council (UNSC) and beyond.
During her visit, Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield will meet with senior government officials from South Korea and Japan to discuss current UNSC issues and the new monitoring mechanism for North Korea sanctions implementation. This is a practical move to prepare alternatives following the termination of the UNSC North Korea Sanctions Committee expert panel at the end of this month due to Russia's veto exercise.
Additionally, Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield is scheduled to visit the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) during her stay in South Korea, meet with young North Korean defectors, and hold a meeting with students at Ewha Womans University, according to spokesperson Evans. In Japan, she will meet with families of abductees and visit Nagasaki, one of the sites bombed during World War II.
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