Takehiro Funakoshi, Director-General of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, speaks to Sung Kim (not pictured), US Special Representative for North Korea, Noh Kyu-duk (not pictured), South Korea's Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs, during their trilateral meeting at a hotel in Seoul, South Korea June 21, 2021. Jung Yeon-Je/Pool via REUTERS