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3-Nation Meeting on NK Set for June 12-13

2003-06-03

Senior officials from South Korea, the United States and Japan will hold a consultation meeting on North Korea in Honolulu, Hawaii, from June 12-13, the Foreign Affairs-Trade Ministry in Seoul said on Monday (June 2).

The Trilateral Coordination and Oversight Group (TCOG) session is drawing special attention as it comes right after a series of summit diplomacy between their leaders, from the Roh-Bush meeting on May 14, Bush-Koizumi on May 23 and Roh-Koizumi slated for June 7.

Participants are expected to discuss the timetable of follow-up talks to the Beijing meeting between North Korean, U.S. and Chinese officials on the North Korean nuclear crisis of late April.

U.S. and Japan share the view that Seoul and Tokyo must be included in the next round of nuke talks with North Korea. Pyongyang has softened its stance on the format of the talks, indicating on May 26 that multilateral talks may be accepted as long as they can talk directly with Washington.

Source : www.korea.net