1. Delegations of the Republic of Korea, the United States of America, and Japan headed respectively by 
Deputy Foreign Minister Ambassador Lee, Tae-sik, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific 
Affairs James A. Kelly and Director-General of Asian and Oceanian Affairs Hitoshi Tanaka, will hold the ROK-
US-Japan Trilateral Coordination and Oversight Group(TCOG) meeting in San Francisco on June 18.

 
2. The three delegations are planning to exchange views on the future of their bilateral relations with North 
Korea as a part of their joint efforts to reduce tension on the Korean Peninsula.         

                                                              Spokesperson of MOFAT

* unofficial translation