Obama to hold trilateral meeting with S. Korean, Japanese leaders on DPRK

U.S. President Barack Obama will hold a trilateral meeting with South Korean and Japanese leaders on Thursday on the issue of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), the White House said Monday.

Obama's meeting with South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will be held on the margins of the Nuclear Security Summit, which is slated for Thursday and Friday.

"This meeting will be an opportunity for the three leaders to discuss common responses to the threat posed by North Korea (DPRK) and to advance areas of trilateral security cooperation in the region and globally," the White House said in a statement.

The DPRK conducted a nuclear test on Jan. 6 and used ballistic missile technology to launch a satellite on Feb. 7, in a series of violations of relevant resolutions of the UN Security Council.

Earlier this month, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution to impose new and tougher sanctions against the DPRK and council members called for an end to Pyongyang's nuclear and missile program and early resumption of the Six-Party Talks.

Source: XINHUA