US hopes for peaceful resolution of 'Dokdo' dispute between Korea, Japan
Posted : 2021-07-14 09:33
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The United States hopes for a peaceful resolution to the territorial dispute between South Korea and Japan over a group of South Korea-controlled islets in the East Sea, called Dokdo, a State Department spokesperson said Tuesday.
The spokesperson, however, said the U.S. will not take any sides.
"The United States does not take a position regarding the sovereignty of the Liancourt Rocks," the State Department official said, referring to Dokdo islets, called Takeshima in Japan. "The question of the sovereignty of these islands is for the ROK and Japan to resolve peacefully."