``US-South Korea'' and ``Japan-South Korea'' security chiefs meeting held in Seoul = South Korean report

On the 8th, the heads of the security offices of the United States and South Korea commented on the South Korean government's measures to suspend part of the September 19 inter-Korean military agreement, saying, ``We are taking careful and restrained measures in response to North Korea's repeated violations of Security Council resolutions and agreements.''
The consensus was that it should be placed.'' National Security Office Director Cho Tae Yeon and US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan met this afternoon in Seoul, South Korea.
At the meeting, he sent out the message that ``the United States and South Korea are open to dialogue with North Korea.'' Both the U.S. and South Korea said, ``The U.S.-South Korea alliance is a global comprehensive strategic alliance.
It is extremely powerful and is contributing to liberal democratic expansion, economic development and security, technological innovation, etc. as a core axis of peace and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region."
Next, on the occasion of President Yoon Seo-gyul's state visit to the United States, the leaders of the United States and South Korea agreed to a joint statement commemorating the 70th anniversary of the alliance.
Sympathizing with the uneven implementation of follow-on measures such as the Washington Declaration, we decided to further strengthen our Indo-Pacific strategy, including extended deterrence, emerging technologies, and economic security.
Meanwhile, Director Cho held a Japan-Korea Security Office Chiefs' Meeting with National Security Director Takeo Akiba prior to the U.S.-Korea Security Office Directors' Meeting, and said, ``This year, exchanges between the two countries at various levels in various fields, including seven summit meetings, have been held.
The two countries will continue to have close communication and exchanges, and plan cooperation to achieve results that can be felt by the peoples of both countries in various fields, including security, economics, and people-to-people exchanges.
I decided to expand it. Furthermore, both Japan and South Korea agreed that ``North Korea's unprecedented provocation poses a serious threat to the peace and stability not only of the Korean Peninsula, but also of the region and the international community as a whole.''
They shared the same view and reaffirmed the need for Japan-ROK, Japan-U.S.-ROK cooperation and strengthening solidarity in the international community in order to resolutely respond to North Korea's nuclear and missile provocations.