1. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a meeting of the ROK-U.S.-Japan Trilateral Coordinating Secretariat, together with the U.S. Department of State and the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Tokyo on February 27 and discussed ways to expand and deepen trilateral cooperation.

※ Participants: ROK Deputy Director-General for North American Affairs Yi Wonwoo, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary Kevin Kim, and Japanese Deputy Director-General for Asian and Oceanian Affairs Okochi Akihiro

2. It was the first-ever Secretariat-related meeting convened since the inauguration of the new U.S. administration, as a follow-up to the trilateral Foreign Ministers’ Meeting held on February 15 on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference.

3. The Ministry remains committed to supporting trilateral cooperation in a more systematic and efficient manner through the operation of the Secretariat, and to deepening trilateral cooperation by continuing to explore possible areas of cooperation.