US bid at unity derailed by S Korea-Japan rowAFP, WASHINGTONA US effort to show unity between two of its closest allies backfired, after Japanese and South Korean officials walked out and left the No. US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman speaks on the situation in Afghanistan at the US Department of State in Washington on Aug. 21. “Under these circumstances, we have decided that it is inappropriate to hold a joint news conference,” the spokesman said. During the trilateral meeting on Wednesday, the three sides reaffirmed their “shared commitment” to the “complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula,” Sherman said. She renewed US President Joe Biden’s offer of dialogue with North Korea, which so far remains unanswered.

Source: Taipei Times November 19, 2021 01:08 UTC