The foreign ministers of South Korea, Japan, and the United States met at a conference in Munich, Germany, to reiterate their commitment to the denuclearization of North Korea and to condemn the human rights violations committed by the Pyongyang regime.
In the first trilateral meeting since Donald Trump returned to the White House, the diplomats sent a strong message to Kim Jong-un, highlighting their security alliance against North Korea's provocations. They also expressed their determination to maintain sanctions against Pyongyang.
The foreign ministers expressed serious concern about North Korea's nuclear and missile programs, its malicious cyber activities, and its increasing military cooperation with Russia. They also reaffirmed their commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific and firmly opposed any unilateral attempts to change the status quo by force in the region, including the South China Sea.
Regarding Taiwan, the ministers emphasized the importance of maintaining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait for international security and prosperity, supporting its participation in international organizations.
Additionally, representatives from Washington, Seoul, and Tokyo participated in the Munich Security Conference, where issues related to the defense of the European continent were discussed, 50 years after the Helsinki Final Act, which gave rise to the OSCE and currently faces controversies due to the situation in Ukraine.
Cho's trip, the foreign minister of South Korea, occurred amid an institutional crisis in his country, triggered by a failed attempt to declare martial law in December by President Yoon Suk-yeol, whose political fate is now in the hands of the Constitutional Court.
