Prior to the inauguration of the next administration of Biden in the United States, National Security Adviser Kitamura will have a telephone conversation with President O'Brien and will continue to work closely in Japan and the United States even after the new administration is inaugurated. We agreed that is important.
On the 21st of Japan time in the United States, before the inauguration of the next administration of Biden, the director of the National Security Bureau, Kitamura, will spend about 15 minutes with President O'Brien, who has been in charge of security under President Trump, on the morning of the 20th. , I had a meeting over the phone.
In this, Director Kitamura thanked O'Brien, who will leave the office due to the inauguration of the new administration, for his cooperation and contribution to the strengthening of US-Japan relations and the peace and stability of the region.
On that basis, they reaffirmed the importance of cooperation with the Japan-US alliance and "comrade countries" that share universal values such as Australia and India, and even after the new administration was inaugurated, Japan and the United States We agreed that it is important to continue to work closely together.