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Participants are taking commemorative photos before the start of the US-Japan Defense and Diplomatic Ministers Meeting (2 + 2) held at the guest house in Tokyo, Japan, on the 16th. From left to right, the United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, United States Secretary of State Tony Blincoln, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimit Motegi, and Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi. [로이터 = 연합뉴스]The Foreign and Defense Ministers of the United States and Japan held a ‘Security and Security Advisory Committee (2 + 2 meeting)’ in Tokyo, Japan, and shared views on cooperation between the United States and Japan to control China and denuclearize North Korea.
US Secretary of State Tony Blincoln and US Defense Minister Lloyd Austin, who are visiting Japan, held bilateral talks with Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and Defense Minister from Japan, Nobuo Kishi, respectively, and held 2 + 2 meetings on the 16th.
This 2 + 2 meeting will take place for the first time since the inauguration of the president of the United States, Joe Biden, and will focus not only on strengthening the alliance between the United States and Japan, but also on controlling China’s expansionism. , the denuclearization of North Korea, and cooperation between the Republic of Korea, the United States, and Japan to solve the lost problem. It has been 7 years and 5 months since October 2013 for the 2 + 2 conference to be held in Japan.
Secretary Blincoln said in bilateral talks and 2 + 2 meetings that day, “The United States will continue to cooperate with its allies for the denuclearization of North Korea.” Foreign Minister Motegi replied: “The Japan-United States alliance is the cornerstone of peace and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific and cannot be broken.”
“The US-Japan alliance will continue as a cornerstone for maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific and dealing with threats,” Austin said. “I am confident that the United States-Japan will be able to respond to any challenge in the future and win over rivals.” Do, “he explained. Defense Minister Kishi said:” The choice of Japan as his first business trip to the Overseas is a strong message that shows the strength of the Japan-US alliance. “After the 2 + 2 meeting, Ministers Blincoln and Austin impeded Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.
It is known that at the 2 + 2 meeting on that day measures to contain Chinese expansionism in the Indo-Pacific were discussed. As part of these measures, it reaffirmed the application of Article 5 of the Security Treaty between the United States and Japan in the Senkaku Islands, which is in dispute between China and Japan, and expressed concern about the China Maritime Police Law, which established the bases for the use of weapons. Regarding the economy, cooperation measures related to core and advanced technologies such as 5G were discussed, and it is analyzed that China’s check is also underway.
On the 14th, the US government included in a document titled ‘Confirmation of the unbreakable alliance between the US and Japan’, which included the US-Japan response to China and the cooperation of the Republic from Korea-USA US-Japan in relation to the denuclearization of North Korea.
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