Korea - Trilateral Coordination and Oversight Group to Meet in Tokyo, November 8-9

The Trilateral Coordination and Oversight Group (TCOG) will meet in Tokyo, Japan, November 8-9. 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 November 8-9 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 September 6-7 in Seoul, Korea.