1. Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha will attend “the Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on Security and Stability on the Korean Peninsula” in Vancouver, Canada, on January 16.

° In the meeting, the Minister will share with her counterparts from the other participating countries the outcome of the inter-Korean high-level talks and other recent developments, and seek with them ways to diplomatically resolve the North Korean nuclear issue.

° The Minister will also hold bilateral meetings with her counterparts from major participating countries for discussions on ways to work together on key matters of mutual concern.

2. The meeting to be co-hosted by the US and Canada is expected to serve as an opportunity to discuss ways to step up international coordination in responding to the North Korean nuclear issue and to win a broader support for the efforts to peacefully and diplomatically resolve the issue.

* unofficial translation