Press Statement Richard Boucher Washington, DC August 31, 2001
Trilateral Coordination and Oversight Group to Meet September 6, 2001The Trilateral Coordination and Oversight Group (TCOG) will meet in Tokyo, Japan, September 6. Delegations representing the United States, the Republic of Korea, and Japan -- led respectively by James A. Kelly, Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Yim Sung-joon, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade; and Kunihiko Makita, Director General, Asian Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs -- will discuss a range of issues in our ongoing coordination of policy toward the DPRK.
The September 6 trilateral meeting is part of a continuing process of close and cooperative consultations among the three countries, formalized in Hawaii in April, 1999, as the Trilateral Coordination and Oversight Group.
Released on August 31, 2002
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