The US State Department announced yesterday (8th) that the issue of China's response was raised on the agenda during the foreign ministers' meeting held in Bali, Indonesia.



"The three ministers shared perspectives on the challenges posed by China," the State Department said in a press release after a meeting between Foreign Minister Jin Park, Secretary of State Tony Blincoln and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi.



He also explained that the three countries discussed efforts to deepen cooperation in the Indo-Pacific and around the world in order to support common values ​​and aspirations for peace, stability and prosperity in the region.



The Joe Biden administration has placed 'China containment' as the top priority in its foreign and security policy in the Indo-Pacific, but when explaining the results of discussions on the Chinese issue with South Korean and Japanese officials, it mainly focuses on 'free and open Indo-Pacific', I used the indirect expression of 'international order based on rules'.



It was rare to explicitly state that the Chinese issue was discussed in the trilateral consultations between Korea, the United States and Japan.



In this context, it can be interpreted that the State Department's designation of 'China' in the press release is intended to emphasize the importance of cooperation between the three countries in the front of China's containment.



Minister Park Jin met with South Korean reporters after the US-Japan summit and explained the contents of the meeting, but did not mention whether the Chinese issue was being discussed.



The Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs' press release also did not mention China directly.