June 06, 2023
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US and Japan vow to work on North Korea denuclearization at Washington summit

President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga also agreed to work on other “shared security” issues.

U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga vowed to work on the complete denuclearization of North Korea on Friday in their first face-to-face meeting since Biden took office.

Standing behind two podiums at the White House’s Rose Garden, Suga said that the two leaders agreed to work on getting rid of all North Korean weapons of mass destruction in the future.