The foreign ministers of South Korea, the U.S. and Japan have reaffirmed their will to cooperate to realize North Korea’s denuclearization.
 
South Korea’s Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se and his U.S. and Japanese counterparts John Kerry and Fumio Kishida met on the sidelines of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) in Brunei on Monday.
 
The ministers are said to have shared the view that Pyongyang should create a favorable atmosphere to resume talks by showing its sincerity on its denuclearization with actions.
 
The three sides are also known to have reaffirmed that the North should abide by the UN Security Council resolutions and the September 19th joint statement.
 
All three countries' chief envoys to the six party nuclear talks previously met in Washington on June 19th and agreed that the North should implement a bilateral accord reached on February 29th with the U.S. to prove its sincerity toward denuclearization.
 
Under the accord, the North agreed to a moratorium on its nuclear tests, long-range missile launches and uranium enrichment program in return for the U.S. provision of food aid.