Japan, US and South Korea hold ”vice foreign ministers' meeting” to ”strongly condemn North Korea's violation of UN Security Council resolutions”

The Vice Ministers of Japan, the United States and the ROK held a Japan-US-ROK Vice Ministers' Meeting on the afternoon of the 16th at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Seoul, South Korea. First Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Kim Hong-Ki-Yun and Kurt Campbell
"North Korea continues to make hostile rhetoric, and is increasingly taking multiple steps to protect its national security through its nuclear and ballistic missile development, ballistic missile launches, and other provocative actions," Deputy Secretary of State and Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Masaaki Okano said in a joint statement after the meeting.
The three vice foreign ministers also expressed serious concerns about Russia-North Korea military cooperation, including arms transfers, which violate UN Security Council resolutions.
and expressed serious concerns about North Korea's illegal arms transfers, malicious cyber activities, and overseas labor deployment, which are financial support for North Korea's illegal weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs.
The three countries also agreed to "respond firmly to any attempt to violate UN Security Council sanctions against North Korea or to undermine the international non-proliferation regime."
Prior to the talks, the three sides also agreed to establish a “multinational sanctions monitoring and reporting mechanism” to restore comprehensive and effective UN sanctions against North Korea.
The UN also announced its commitment to a "Sanctions Monitoring Team (MSMT)."