The top of the Japan-US-Korea Uniform Group talks First 6:40 on October 2 after the decision to destroy GSOMIA in Korea

As Japan-Korea relations deteriorated, we found that a meeting was held in the United States on the 1st by the top uniforms from three countries. The three-party talk by the top of the uniform group was held for the first time after the Korean government decided to abolish the Japan-Korea military information comprehensive protection agreement = GSOMIA, and the US emphasized the importance of cooperation between the three countries at the talk. It seems to be a thing.

According to several officials, the SDF's Koji Yamazaki, the United States Chief of Staff, the US Army's Millie Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Korean Army's Chairman Park Hangi, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, are all on the 1st of the US Department of Defense on the outskirts of Washington, the capital of the United States. I had a meeting at.

Mr. Yamazaki and Chairman Park of Korea are visiting the United States for the inauguration ceremony of the Milly Joint Chiefs of Staff on the 30th of last month. It is the first time after the Korean government has decided to abolish the Japan-Korea military information comprehensive protection agreement = GSOMIA.

Although the details of the talks have not been made clear, the US government believes that cooperation between the three countries, Japan, the United States and South Korea, will be indispensable in dealing with the problems of North Korea and China. In the talks, the United States seems to have promoted the improvement of relations between Japan and South Korea after reemphasizing the importance of cooperation between the three countries.

Outlook for Japan-US Korea Defense Ministers Meeting in November

Secretary of Defense of the United States Department of Defense, Shriver, spoke at the capital Washington on the 1st, and the Defense Ministers Meeting between Japan, the United States, and South Korea in line with the ASEAN = Southeast Asian Union Confederation of Defense Ministers held in Thailand in mid-November The prospect of doing is clarified.

The Korea-Japan military information comprehensive protection agreement = “GSOMIA”, which the Korean government decided to abandon, will cease to be effective at midnight on November 23, so the US will ask the South Korea to revocate the destruction of GSOMIA at the meeting. It seems that.