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Japan-U.S.-ROK Foreign Ministries’ Official Telephone Meeting on North Korea
August 21, 2026
On August 21, in response to the ballistic missile launch by North Korea on August 20, Mr. ARIYOSHI Takashi, Deputy Director-General, Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, held a Japan-United States (U.S.)-Republic of Korea (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.