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Japan-U.S.-ROK Foreign Ministries’ Official Telephone Meeting on North Korea
April 19, 2026
On April 19, in response to the ballistic missile launches by North Korea on the day, Mr. OTSUKA Kengo, Deputy Director-General, Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, held a Japan-U.S.- ROK Foreign Ministries’ Official Telephone Meeting with Mr. Baek Yong-jin, Director-General for the Korean Peninsula Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the ROK, and Mr. David Wilezol, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of State of the U.S.
- They reaffirmed that ballistic missile launches by North Korea violate the relevant UN Security Council Resolutions and called on North Korea to cease such provocations that threaten the peace and security of the region and the international community.
- They reaffirmed close coordination among Japan, the U.S. and the ROK.