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Japan and the United States agreed in talks on Tuesday that focus should be kept on a diplomatic solution to address the current tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
In talks held in Tokyo, Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shinsuke Sugiyama and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan said that cooperation between regional countries is also important to bring about a denuclearized Korean Peninsula.
"Cooperation between Japan and the United States, and that between Japan, the United States and South Korea, are more important than before to put diplomatic pressure (on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea) to the maximum level," Sugiyama was quoted as telling a press briefing after the talks.
Sugiyama added that "while working with China and Russia, we will try to urge North Korea (DPRK) to change its current policy course."
Sullivan, for his part, told a press briefing on the matter that Washington's primary focus remained on a diplomatic solution to tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
He said the principal focus at the U.S. State Department is on a diplomatic solution and that Washington will continue its pressure campaign in a bid to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula.
The pair also discussed U.S. President Donald Trump's visit to Japan, slated to begin from Nov. 5 among other matters, informed sources said.
Sugiyama and Sullivan will travel to South Korea later Tuesday to hold trilateral talks with South Korean Vice Foreign Minister Lim Sung-nam the following day.
(ASIA PACIFIC DAILY)
