U.S. Ambassador to Korea Michelle Steel met Japanese Ambassador Mizushima Koichi and stressed continued three-way cooperation among Seoul, Washington and Tokyo. In a post on X uploaded the previous day, Steel said the two discussed opportunities ahead for trilateral cooperation and a shared vision for a peaceful, secure and prosperous Indo-Pacific. She also disclosed separate meetings with Canadian Ambassador Philippe Lafortune and Israeli Ambassador Rafael Harpaz, marking her first public disclosure of meetings with other ambassadors since taking office last month.

U.S. Ambassador to Korea Michelle Steel, second from left, poses with Japanese Ambassador Mizushima Koichi, second from right, and others, Monday. Captured from U.S. Ambassador to Korea Michelle Steel's X

U.S. Ambassador to Korea Michelle Steel has met with her Japanese counterpart and stressed the importance of continued three-way cooperation among Seoul, Washington and Tokyo, the U.S. envoy's social media post showed Tuesday.

In her post on X uploaded the previous day, Steel said she had "a thoughtful conversation with Japanese Ambassador Mizushima Koichi on the opportunities ahead" for trilateral cooperation among the United States, Korea and Japan.