Secretary Blinken’s Calls with Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Park and Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi

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Secretary Blinken’s Calls with Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Park and Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi

The following Readout was published by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs on May 25. It is reproduced in full below.

The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price:

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken held separate calls yesterday with Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Park Jin and Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa following the DPRK’s ballistic missile launches. Secretary Blinken, Foreign Minister Park, and Foreign Minister Hayashi strongly condemned the DPRK’s ballistic missile launches as a clear violation of multiple UN Security Council resolutions. Secretary Blinken noted the United States’ commitments to the defense of the Republic of Korea and Japan remain ironclad and affirmed the importance of continuing close trilateral cooperation with the ROK and Japan to achieve the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.

Source: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs

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