On October 31, the South Korean Foreign Ministry announced that South Korea, the United States and Japan held their first trilateral dialogue on ways to strengthen cooperation in humanitarian aid policy.
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| Officials from the three countries of the US, Japan and South Korea hold a dialogue in Honolulu, Hawaii. (Source: Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs ) |
The two-day policy dialogue concluded on October 30 in Honolulu, Hawaii, according to the announcement. The event was chaired by Won Do-yeon, director general of the Korea Development Cooperation Agency, and Michele Sumilas, director general ofthe Education and Policy Planning Bureau at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). and Endo Kazuya, Director General of the International Cooperation Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, co-chaired.
The dialogue follows the Camp David summit between the leaders in August, in which they agreed to strengthen trilateral cooperation in security, economic and other areas, including development policy.
During the dialogue, the three countries discussed in depth measures to enhance coordination in development policy. The parties reaffirmed the agreement reached at the Camp David Summit and agreed to expand aid cooperation to new areas such as cybersecurity and artificial intelligence.
As like-minded partners, the members also agreed to jointly address global issues, including the Ukraine conflict and climate change, and to strengthen their partnership by making the most of each country's strengths in these areas.
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