United States-Japan-Republic of Korea (ROK) Trilateral Foreign Ministers’ Meeting

Office of the Spokesman United States-Japan-Republic of Korea (ROK) Trilateral Foreign Ministers’ Meeting Readout October 30, 2026 Secretary of State Marco Rubio met today with Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu and ROK Foreign Minister Cho Hyun on the margins of the G20 in Atlanta to review progress across the trilateral partnership that advances security and prosperity in a free and open Indo-Pacific. The Secretary and Foreign Ministers signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) for a Trilateral Arctic Pacific Partnership (TAPP) to explore maritime cooperation and economic partnership in the Pacific Arctic. The Secretary and Foreign Ministers reaffirmed their resolute commitment to the complete denuclearization of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and to full implementation of UN Security Council resolutions (UNSCRs), including the ban on supporting revenue generation for the DPRK’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs. They commended the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team’s (MSMT) work exposing the DPRK’s violations and evasions of UNSCRs. They also emphasized the importance of maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait. Secretary Rubio

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