LONDON– Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and also his UNITED STATE equivalent Antony Blinken held talks on Monday in London to go over problems connected to China and also North Korea, acting on their leaders’ top last month.
The 2nd in-person conference in between Motegi and also the UNITED STATE assistant of state comes in advance of a three-day conference of international priests of the Group of Seven industrialized countries, where China and also North Korea are additionally seen high up on the schedule, and also both countries are anticipated to reveal their unity in taking on the problems.
Japan and also the United States are looking for to utilize their long time partnership to deal with difficulties presented by China’s surge, such as Beijing’s maritime assertiveness in the East and also South China seas. Tokyo and also Washington have actually shared the objective of recognizing a “free and open” Indo-Pacific
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