*EPF402 06/22/00
Text: United States, South Korea and Japan to Consult on N. Korea
(Policy coordination will take place in Honolulu June 29-30) (240)

Delegations from the United States, the Republic of Korea and Japan will meet in Honolulu, Hawaii June 29-30 to consult on trilateral coordination of policy toward North Korea, according to a June 22 statement by Philip T. Reeker, deputy spokesman for the U.S. Department of State.

Following is the text of the statement:

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman

June 22, 2000

STATEMENT BY PHILIP T. REEKER, DEPUTY SPOKESMAN

U.S., REPUBLIC OF KOREA, JAPAN TO MEET JUNE 29-30

Delegations representing the United States, the Republic of Korea, and Japan will meet for trilateral consultations in Honolulu, Hawaii June 29-30, 2000. Delegations of the three countries -- led respectively by Ambassador Wendy R. Sherman, Counselor of the State Department; Jang Jai-ryong, Republic of Korea Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs; and Yukio Takeuchi, Japanese Deputy Vice Minister for Foreign Policy -- will discuss a range of issues in our ongoing coordination of policy toward the DPRK.

The June trilateral meeting is part of a continuing process of close and cooperative consultations among the three countries, formalized in Hawaii in April, 1999 as the Trilateral Coordination and Oversight Group.

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