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WASHINGTON, March 19 (KUNA) -- U.S. National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster, National Security Office Director Chung Eui-yong of the Republic of Korea and Secretary General of the National Security Secretariat Shotaro Yachi of Japan held a trilateral meeting over the weekend in San Francisco to discuss the "permanent denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula," the White House announced Monday.
The meeting also discussed "the planned inter-Korean summit and United States-Democratic People's Republic of Korea summit," the White House said in a statement.
It added that the three national security advisors "committed to avoiding mistakes of the past and to continue coordinating closely in the weeks ahead." (end)
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