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| The remarks came one day before National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan is set to host his South Korean and Japanese counterparts -- Suh Hoon and Shigeru Kitamura -- for discussions on a wide range of issues that will include the ongoing review of U.S. policies toward North Korea. (Photo from Bangkok Post/AFP) |
[Asia News Communication = Reporter Reakkana] A senior U.S. administration official announced on Thursday that the United States is open and prepared to take feedback from key allies on its new approach to dealing with a nuclear-armed North Korea.
"This is the most senior consultation we've had with Japanese and South Korean friends and so we are very much open and prepared and engaged to take that feedback, and so this is not going to be a one-way conversation," the official told a telephonic press briefing while speaking on condition of anonymity. The statement came a day before National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan is set to host his South Korean and Japanese counterparts -- Suh Hoon and Shigeru Kitamura -- for discussions on a wide range of issues that will include the ongoing review of U.S. policies toward North Korea.
The three-way meeting of national security advisers will be held "privately" in the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, the official added. The official said the meeting will provide a sense of how the U.S. plans to approach the reclusive North as the ongoing North Korea policy review is nearing an end. Since taking office on Jan. 20, the Biden administration has maintained all U.S. sanctions on North Korea.
