US and Asian allies hold talks on ‘complete denuclearisation’ of Korean peninsula
Seoul — The national security advisers of the US, South Korea and Japan met over the weekend to discuss North Korea and the "complete denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula," South Korea’s presidential Blue House said on Monday. The two days of meetings could also help prepare the way for a meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. They were the latest in a flurry of diplomatic activity spanning Asia, the US and Europe before North Korea’s planned summits with the South and the US. South Korea’s National Security Office chief, Chung Eui-yong, met US national security adviser HR McMaster and Japan’s national security adviser, Shotaro Yachi, to discuss summit meetings between Kim and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, the Blue House in Seoul said. They also discussed the possible meeting between Trump and Kim, it said. The security advisers from the three countries talked about the "complete denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula", and agreed ...
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