The
White House's Jake Sullivan, along with his counterparts at a
trilateral meeting in Tokyo, also discussed North Korea's
"illicit nuclear and missile programs and most recent
provocations and identified next steps to strengthen their
cooperation," it said.
The statement came shortly before South Korea's military said
that Korea had launched a ballistic missile after Pyongyang
earlier issued a protest against live fire drills carried out by
South Korea with the United States.
"Our trilateral partnership is now stronger and has more
potential than ever before," the U.S. statement said.
Technology, energy security and "countering economic coercion,"
were also discussed ahead of a summit with the three nation's
leaders hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden in coming months, the
White House added.
On China, Sullivan along with Japanese National Security
Secretariat Secretary General Akiba Takeo and South Korean
National Security Office Director Cho Tae-yon "discussed
opportunities for coordination in the East China Sea and South
China Sea and emphasized the importance of maintaining peace and
stability in the Taiwan Strait," it said.
(Reporting by Susan Heavey; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
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