1. Amb. Noh Kyu-duk, Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs, had a telephone conversation with Mr. Takehiro Funakoshi, Director-General of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the afternoon of February 15.

° The two sides shared their assessments of the recent developments on the Korean Peninsula and exchanged views on ways for cooperation between Korea and Japan as well as trilateral cooperation among Korea, the United States and Japan in making progress toward complete denuclearization and the establishment of permanent peace on the Korean Peninsula, while stably managing the current situation.

2. The two sides agreed to continue close communication and cooperation on North Korea issues.