High-ranking U.S. Department of Defense and Pentagon officials will visit Japan this week to attend a US-Japan Foreign and Defense Director-General meeting to discuss Russia's response to the military invasion of Ukraine.
The U.S. government announced on the 9th
that Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Kritenbrink, who
will handle East Asian diplomacy at the Department of State, will schedule from 10th to 12th this week.
Announced that they will visit Japan from the 12th to the 12th.
The two assistant ministers held a
meeting
of the directors of foreign affairs and defense in Japan and the United States together with the director of the North American Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the director of the Defense Policy Bureau of the Ministry of Defense
. We are going to discuss about.
The meeting will also emphasize the importance of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, and will also discuss how to deal with Myanmar, which continues to be confused by a military coup.
Furthermore, the meeting will emphasize that the cooperation of Japan, the United States, and South Korea is the cornerstone of peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region, and will discuss how to deal with North Korea, which repeatedly launches ballistic missiles. Will be.