WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- U.S. State Department said on Monday that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday spoke over phone with South Korean and Japanese foreign ministers to discuss the next step on the engagement with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

According to an announcement issued by State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert, Pompeo and South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha "reaffirmed the United States and the Republic of Korea remain committed to the final, fully verified denuclearization" of the DPRK.

The two diplomats also "pledged to maintain close coordination and agreed that pressure must continue until the DPRK denuclearizes," read the statement.

In a separate statement also issued by Nauert, Pompeo and Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono also reaffirmed their commitment to the the DPRK's final denuclearization, and "agreed that pressure must continue until the DPRK denuclearizes."

Pompeo and Kono "affirmed the strength of the U.S.-Japan Alliance and vowed to continue working closely together to address common challenges, seize shared opportunities, and advance the interests of both the United States and Japan" in the region, read the statement.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday tweeted that he had asked Pompeo to cancel his upcoming trip to the DPRK, just one day after Pompeo said he and Stephen Biegun, the U.S. new special envoy for the DPRK, will travel to Pyongyang the following week "to make further diplomatic progress towards our objective."

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