Security advisers from US, ROK, Japan meet on DPRK summits

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‍The top national security advisers of the United States, Republic of Korea (ROK) and Japan met at the weekend to discuss the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the “complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula”, the ROK’s presidential Blue House said on Monday.

The two days of meetings could also help prepare the way for a possible meeting between US President Donald Trump and the DPRK's leader Kim Jong Un.

The ROK's National Security Office chief Chung Eui-yong arrives at Incheon International Airport in Incheon, ROK, March 15, 2018. /Reuters Photo

They were the latest in a flurry of diplomatic activity spanning Asia, the US and Europe ahead of the DPRK’s planned summits with the ROK and the US.

The ROK’s National Security Office chief Chung Eui-yong met US National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster and Japan’s National Security Adviser Shotaro Yachi to discuss summit meetings between Kim and the ROK's President Moon Jae-in, the Blue House in Seoul said.

They also discussed the possible meeting between Trump and Kim, it said.

National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster speaks at the at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, US March 15, 2018. /Reuters Photo

The security advisers from the three countries discussed the “complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula”, agreed that “it was important to not repeat the mistakes of the past” and to work together closely, the Blue House said.

A senior DPRK's diplomat left for Finland on Sunday for talks with former US and the ROK'S officials, the ROK’s Yonhap News Agency reported.

That followed three days of talks between the DPRK and Swedish foreign ministers on security on the Korean Peninsula.

Japanese national security council chief Shotaro Yachi speaks with Chinese State Councillor Yang Jiechi (not pictured) during a meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China, August 25, 2016. /Reuters Photo

Sweden “engaged heavily” on the issue of US detainees during the talks between the DPRK's and Swedish foreign ministers, CNN reported on Sunday, citing unidentified sources with knowledge of the negotiations.

Source(s): Reuters