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Washington Foreign Press Center Announcement
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> January 7, 2003
>
> Joint Statement by the Trilateral Coordination and Oversight Group
> January 7, 2003
>
> Following is the text of a joint statement by the Trilateral Coordination
> and Oversight Group released in Washington, D.C. on January 7, 2003.
>
>
> "The delegations of the United States of America, the Republic of Korea,
> and Japan, headed respectively by Assistant Secretary of State for East
> Asian and Pacific Affairs James A. Kelly, Deputy Foreign Minister Lee
> Tae-Sik, and Director-General of Asian and Oceanian Affairs Mitoji
> Yabunaka, held this year's first Trilateral Coordination and Oversight
> Group (TCOG) meeting, in Washington, D.C., on January 7, 2003.
>
> The three delegations called upon North Korea to eliminate its nuclear
> weapons program, which constitutes a violation of its international
> commitments. They reiterated their intention to pursue a peaceful and
> diplomatic resolution of the issue. They stressed that North Korea's
> relations with the entire international community hinge on its taking
> prompt and verifiable action to completely dismantle its nuclear weapons
> program and come into full compliance with its international nuclear
> commitments.
>
> The three delegations expressed serious concern over the recent steps
> taken by North Korea to lift its nuclear freeze and called upon North
> Korea to undo these measures and not take any precipitous action. The
> three delegations expressed strong support for the resolution adopted on
> January 6 by the International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors,
> which calls upon North Korea to cooperate urgently and fully with the
> International Atomic Energy Agency to comply with its Safeguards Agreement
> under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. They noted
> that the unanimous passage of the resolution underscores the broad
> international consensus that the North Korean actions are unacceptable.
>
> The three delegations stressed that there is no security rationale for
> North Korea to possess nuclear weapons. The U.S. delegation reiterated
> President Bush's statement that the United States poses no threat and has
> no intention of invading North Korea. The Republic of Korea and Japanese
> delegations renewed their strong welcome for the statement. The three
> delegations reaffirmed the importance of implementation of the Basic
> Agreement between South and North Korea on Reconciliation, Nonaggression,
> and Exchanges and Cooperation and the Joint South-North Declaration on the
> Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, both of which are premised on
> the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
>
> Reiterating that North Korea's relations with the international community
> depend on its verifiably ending its nuclear weapons program, the three
> delegations expressed their continued support for South-North dialogue and
> Japan-North Korea dialogue, based on the June 2000 Joint South-North
> Declaration and the Pyongyang Declaration, respectively. Such dialogues
> serve as important channels to resolve issues of bilateral concern and to
> call upon North Korea to quickly and visibly respond to the international
> community's demands for a denuclearized Korean Peninsula, thereby
> contributing to regional peace and stability. The U.S. delegation
> explained that the United States is willing to talk to North Korea about
> how it will meet its obligations to the international community. However,
> the U.S. delegation stressed that the United States will not provide quid
> pro quos to North Korea to live up to its existing obligations.
>
> The three delegations stressed that elimination of nuclear weapons
> programs by North Korea would provide an opportunity to return to a better
> path leading toward improved relations with the international community,
> thereby securing peace, prosperity, and security for all the countries of
> Northeast Asia.
>
> Finally, the three delegations reaffirmed that continued close
> consultations and coordination among the three countries remain vital in
> addressing this very serious issue. They agreed to hold the next round of
> trilateral consultations in the near future to further coordinate their
> respective policies toward North Korea."
>
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