1. Amb. Lee Do-hoon, Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs, held a telephone conversation with Mr. Kenji Kanasugi, Director-General of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the afternoon of January 11.

2. During the conversation, the two sides shared their assessments of the recent developments surrounding the Korean Peninsula, and exchanged views on how both countries can work together for complete denuclearization and the establishment of a permanent peace regime on the Korean Peninsula.

* unofficial translation