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| Vancouver Foreign Ministers' Meeting on Security and Stability on Korean Peninsula | |
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| Host country | co-hosts Canada & USA |
| Date | January 16, 2018 (2018-01-16) |
| Cities | Vancouver, Canada |
| Participants | 20 nations |
| Chair | co-chairs Chrystia Freeland & Rex Tillerson |
| Key points | |
The Vancouver Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on Security and Stability on Korean Peninsula was held on January 16, 2018 in Vancouver, Canada. The meeting was to allow "foreign ministers to discuss ways to increase the effectiveness of the global sanctions regime in support of a rules-based international order."
Background
The meeting was announced after North Korea tested its latest long range intercontinental ballistic missile in late November, but was held amid signs that tensions on the Korean peninsula easing with North and South Korea holding formal talks in January for the first time in two years and North Korea agreeing to participate in the 2018 Winter Olympics in a unified team with the South.
Meeting
The meeting was co-hosted by Canada and the USA.
Invited parties include: "South Korea, Japan, India, Britain, France and other countries who fought in the Korean War of 1950-53." with foreign ministers and senior officials from 20 nations actually attending the meeting.
Notable countries that had not been invited were China, North Korea and Russia. China and Russia criticized the gathering as potentially harmful to peace prospects on the Korean peninsula, with China calling out the meeting for representing a "Cold War mentality". Diplomats said China's absence would limit what could be achieved.
See also
- 2017–18 North Korea crisis
- 2017 North Korean missile tests
- 2017 North Korean nuclear test
- Korean conflict
- List of North Korean missile tests
References
- ^ Ljunggren, David (16 January 2018). "Vancouver meeting focuses on sanctions as Koreas explore detente". Reuters. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
- ^ "Canada and United States to co-host Vancouver Foreign Ministers' Meeting on Security and Stability on Korean Peninsula". Global Affairs Canada. Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs. 19 December 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
- Fife, Robert. "Federal government welcomes reopening of North Korean hotline ahead of Vancouver summit". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
- "China, Russia not invited to summit on North Korea in Canada". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
- Berthiaume, Lee (January 16, 2018). "North Korea meeting in Vancouver: China, Russia urged to enforce sanctions". The Province Newspaper. Canadian Press. Retrieved January 21, 2018.
- "China says Canada meeting on North Korea showed 'Cold War' mentality". Channel NewsAsia. Archived from the original on 2018-01-25. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
External links
- Vancouver Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on Security and Stability on Korean Peninsula at Canada.ca
- Reports on the Vancouver Summit on North Korea, and IAR Event
- "Why the Vancouver foreign ministers' meeting matters, even without North Korea at the table". OpenCanada. 16 January 2018.
- "China sought to water down Vancouver meeting on North Korea | The Japan Times". The Japan Times. 20 January 2018.
- "Vancouver talks: US threatens North Korea to accept negotiations". aljazeera.com.
- "Opinion | What did the Vancouver summit on North Korea accomplish? Not much". thestar.com. 22 January 2018.
- Mason, Gary (17 January 2018). "Why the Vancouver summit on North Korea was futile". The Globe and Mail.
- "'North Korea must abandon its weapons': Leaders send united message on nuclear threat". Global News. 16 January 2018.
- "North Korean nuclear weapons crisis at a 'tenuous stage,' Rex Tillerson says". The Independent. 17 January 2018.
- "Vancouver summit: Canada, U.S. push for enforcement of North Korea sanctions". Global News. 16 January 2018.
- "'Pressure campaign will continue,' Tillerson warns at North Korea summit in Vancouver". CBC News. 16 January 2018.