The US State Department has announced that Deputy Secretary of State Sherman, who is number two in the field of foreign affairs, will visit Northeast Asia such as Japan and South Korea from the 18th of this month, and is expected to strengthen cooperation with China.
According to the US State Department's announcement, Deputy Secretary of State Sherman will visit Japan, South Korea, and Mongolia from the 18th to the 25th of this month.
Of these, in Japan, Japan, the United States and South Korea have met with Takeo Mori, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Choi Jung-gon, First Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Korea, to deal with North Korea, which is promoting nuclear missile development. It means discussing the cooperation of other countries.
The Byden administration wants to encourage China to change its behavior, saying that China is repeating intimidating actions in the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait, and will cooperate in policy toward China through a visit by Deputy Secretary Sherman to Japan and South Korea. It seems that the aim is to strengthen it.
The US State Department says, "We want to confirm cooperation with allies and strengthen the peace and security of the Indo-Pacific region."
According to people familiar with the matter, Deputy Secretary of State Sherman is continuing to coordinate his visit to China for the first time as a senior diplomatic official since the inauguration of the Biden administration.