Seoul, May 20 (IANS) – Diplomats from South Korea, the United States, and Japan met in Washington on Monday for the Trilateral Coordinating Secretariat Managing Board session, reaffirming their unwavering commitment to strengthening three-way cooperation, according to the US State Department.
The meeting was led by Yi Won-woo, Deputy Director-General for North American Affairs at South Korea’s Foreign Ministry; Kevin Kim, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, and Taiwan; and Akihiro Okochi, Deputy Director-General for Asian and Oceanian Affairs at Japan’s Foreign Ministry.
The officials underscored their shared vision of a free and open Indo-Pacific and emphasized the importance of institutionalizing collaboration across economic, security, and people-to-people domains. They reviewed recent progress in trilateral cooperation and discussed steps to enhance coordination, boost information sharing, and strengthen joint responses to regional and global challenges.
The Managing Board highlighted its continued support for the Secretariat’s efforts to operationalize trilateral outcomes and maintain momentum across priority initiatives.
The trilateral secretariat was established in November to institutionalize cooperation amid growing regional and global challenges, including North Korea’s advancing nuclear and missile programs, Russia’s war in Ukraine, and China’s increasing assertiveness, according to Yonhap News Agency.
During Monday’s talks, the three countries discussed major common challenges, reviewed the implementation status of recent initiatives, and explored ways to expand the secretariat’s role to make trilateral cooperation more action-oriented and substantive, the South Korean Foreign Ministry stated.
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