TOKYO – The United States, the Republic of Korea (ROK) and Japan are preparing for a possible meeting of officials handling the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) next week in Tokyo, Kyodo news agency reported on Tuesday.
Arrangements were being made for talks between the US envoy for the DPRK, Sung Kim, and his Japanese and ROK counterparts, the report said, citing multiple unnamed sources.
The officials would discuss the feasibility of attempts by the US administration of President Joe Biden to open dialogue with the DPRK in pursuit of denuclearisation, Kyodo said.
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Takehiro Funakoshi, director-general of the Japanese foreign ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, will participate, as will Noh Kyu-duk, the ROK foreign ministry's special representative for Korean peninsula peace and security affairs.
It would be the first meeting of the three countries since they met in Seoul in June, the news agency said.
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