Press Statement Richard Boucher, Spokesman Washington, DC August 29, 2002
Korea -- Trilateral Coordination and Oversight Group to Meet in Seoul - September 6-7The Trilateral Coordination and Oversight Group (TCOG) will meet in Seoul, Republic of Korea, September 6-7. 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; Lee Tae-shik, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade; and Hitoshi Tanaka, Director General, Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs -- will discuss a range of issues in our ongoing coordination of policy toward North Korea.
The September 6-7 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. The last meeting was held June 17-18 in San Francisco, California.
Released on August 29, 2002
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