Japanese foreign minister hopes for trilateral talk at annual security conference in Munich
South Korea, the US and Japan are in talks to arrange a trilateral meeting of their foreign ministers in Germany later this month, a Japanese news report said Friday.
Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya is considering attending an annual security conference in Munich that runs from Feb. 14-16, with hopes of holding a trilateral talk with his South Korean and US counterparts, according to the report from Kyodo News Agency.
If realized, Seoul's Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul will meet with Iwaya and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference.
They are expected to discuss their joint efforts to respond to North Korea's military threats and military cooperation with Russia, security in Europe and the Indo-Pacific regions, as well as China issues.
Seoul's Foreign Ministry has also been pushing for a bilateral meeting between Cho and Rubio.
Earlier this week, Cho's office said discussions were ongoing with Washington to arrange what would be the first in-person talks between Cho and Rubio since the launch of the Donald Trump administration on Jan. 20.
The US and Japanese foreign ministers already held a bilateral meeting in Washington last month.
