IANS | 23 Feb, 2019
US State Department on Friday said that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
and his Japanese counterpart discussed the next-step engagement with
North Korea over phone.
Pompeo and Japanese Foreign Minister Taro
Kono on Thursday reaffirmed their shared commitment to the final, fully
verified denuclearization of North Korea, the State Department said in a
statement, reports Xinhua.
The two also committed to
strengthening trilateral cooperation with the Republic of Korea on a
unified approach toward North Korea, according to the statement.
The
phone call between the two allies' top diplomats came one day after US
President Donald Trump's call with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
The
White House said Wednesday that the two leaders committed to
coordinating closely in advance of the US-North Korea upcoming Hanoi
summit.
Trump announced on February 8 that his second meeting
with North Korea's top leader Kim Jong Un would take place in Hanoi of
Vietnam on February 27-28.
