Top envoys from South Korea and Japan on the North Korean nuclear issue on Friday discussed ways to further ramp up economic sanctions and how to get the country to come to dialogue, the foreign ministry here said.
During their meeting in Tokyo, Lee Do-hoon, the special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, and his Japanese counterpart Kenji Kanasugi "reaffirmed the principle of resolving the North Korean nuclear issue peacefully," the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a press release
They "discussed plans to bring North Korea to a venue for serious dialogue while toughening sanctions and pressure to the extent that North Korea gives up its nukes and preparing for the possibility of various changes in the future situation," according to the ministry.
South Korea`s nuke envoy Lee Do-hoon (R) speaks with his Japanese counterpart Kenji Kanasugi in bilateral talks in Seoul on Oct. 19, 2017. (Yonhap)
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