US president aiming to take advantage of recent thaw in ties under president Yoon Suk Yeol and prime minister Fumio Kishida
’s development of more powerful weapons of mass destruction in defiance of UN-led sanctions.
“We hope the countries concerned will go with the trend of the times and do something conducive to regional peace, stability and prosperity,” foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said this week. Blinken said he expected a continued focus on North Korea “given the endless provocation it’s taken” but added that the meeting would address a “much more expansive agenda”.
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