South Korea, the United States and Japan have officially launched a secretariat for trilateral cooperation.

Seoul’s foreign ministry said Wednesday that the secretariat’s inaugural meeting took place in Seoul, attended by senior foreign ministry officials from the three nations.

The ministry said the participants assessed the progress of trilateral cooperation since the Camp David summit and discussed how to form and operate the secretariat. 

The role of secretary general and the operation of the secretariat will be shared among the three countries on a rotating basis, with each country to serve as secretary general for two years. 

South Korea will be the first secretary general, followed by the U.S. and Japan. 

The leaders of the three nations announced plans to establish a trilateral secretariat during their summit last week on the margins of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. 

The ministry said South Korea will work with the U.S. and Japan to coordinate ongoing projects in various areas such as security, the economy, advanced technology and personnel exchanges.