1. Amb. Do-hoon LEE, Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs, held a telephone conversation with Director-General of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau Kenji Kanasugi of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the afternoon of January 11.

2. In the telephone conversation, the two sides shared their assessments of the recent developments surrounding the Korean Peninsula, and exchanged views on how the Republic of Korea and Japan can work together to completely denuclearize the Korean Peninsula and to establish a lasting peace regime on the Peninsula.

* unofficial translation