US Amb. Steel meets Japanese envoy, stresses continued trilateral cooperation
U.S. Ambassador to Korea Michelle Steel has met with her Japanese counterpart and stressed the importance of continued three-way cooperation among Seoul, Washington and Tokyo, the U.S. envoy's social media post showed Tuesday. In her post on X uploaded the previous day, Steel said she had "a thoughtful conversation with Japanese Ambassador Mizushima Koichi on the opportunities ahead" for…
U.S. Ambassador to Korea Michelle Steel met with her Japanese counterpart, Mizushima Koichi, to emphasize the importance of continued trilateral cooperation between Seoul, Washington, and Tokyo. Steel shared in a social media post that she had a "thoughtful conversation" with Mizushima about future opportunities for collaboration among the United States, Korea, and Japan.
The meeting marked Steel's first public disclosure of discussions with other ambassadors to Korea since her appointment last month. She also mentioned separate meetings with Canadian Ambassador Philippe Lafortune and Israeli Ambassador Rafael Harpaz. Steel expressed her pleasure in meeting with Lafortune and reiterated the U.S. and Canada's commitment to peace and security on the Korean Peninsula.
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