At the South Korea-U.S.-Japan foreign ministers' meeting, Japan reached an equal position in the North Korean negotiation by agreeing to a "three-way safety response to North Korean weapons", and approached negotiations with Japan by including Japan in the new operational plan for North Korea.
US Secretary of State Tony Blincoln said at a press conference for the trilateral meeting on the 12th, "Deterrence North Korea, limit the scope of its most dangerous weapons program, prevent North Korea's provocation or use of weapons, and above all, our greatest responsibility is to We discussed ways to strengthen trilateral cooperation to keep the American, Japanese and Korean people safe, which is our highest responsibility.”
A joint statement from the Honolulu summit said, “The three ministerial talks reaffirmed that the US-Japan and US-ROK alliances are essential to the maintenance of peace and stability in the region. maintenance of peace and stability in the region,” and “there was a promise to advance the security cooperation of the three countries in this dimension,” reported the Voice of the United States (VOA).
At the meeting, Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi said, "The three ministers have agreed to further strengthen regional deterrence.
At a press conference on the same day, Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong said, "The US administration has repeatedly confirmed that it has no hostile intention to North Korea and that it is willing to meet anytime, anywhere without any preconditions." We urge you to respond promptly,” he said.
A press release from the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, "Secretary Jeong evaluated the US government's reaffirmation of its willingness to engage in the region by announcing its recent Indo-Pacific Strategy, and Secretary Blincoln talked about holding the US-ROK Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Honolulu, following his visits to Australia and Fiji. I mentioned that it reflects the strong emphasis on the US-ROK alliance and the strong will to engage in the region,” he said.
Regarding the new strategy (operation plan) agreed upon by the defense ministers of the Republic of Korea and the United States, “according to a government source on the 14th, the defense ministers of the two countries went through a non-face-to-face legal review within this month in consideration of the postponement of the face-to-face meeting of the defense ministers of the United States, South Korea and Japan in the aftermath of COVID-19. I plan to sign the SPG text.”
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin at the 53rd Korea-U.S. Security Council (SCM) joint conference with Defense Minister Seo Wook at the Ministry of National Defense in Seoul on December 2, last year, said, "We have approved the new Strategic Planning Guidelines (SPG)." It is a common assessment that it is destabilizing regional security.”
According to the joint statement of the three countries, negotiations on the establishment of diplomatic ties between North Korea and Japan are expected to materialize.