(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 13 - The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the foreign ministers of Japan and South Korea have pledged to collaborate to discourage a further Russian escalation along the border with Ukraine and have condemned the recent missile launches ballistics of North Korea.
Bloomberg reports it.
Blinken, Japan's Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and South Korean Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong stressed the "paramount importance" of strong cooperation between their countries for regional stability in a joint statement following the Hawaii talks.
The ministers also pledged their "unshakable support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine".
As for the threat posed by Pyongyang, Blinken and his counterparts expressed "deep concern about the destabilizing nature" of the recent rocket launches, calling on North Korea to engage in dialogue.
"It is clear to all of us that Pyongyang is in a provocative phase",
Blinken said at a joint press conference, noting that the United States, Japan and South Korea are working closely together to "achieve complete denuclearization and lasting peace in the Korean peninsula."
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