WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will meet almost Friday to discuss bilateral bonds and security in the Pacific region, the White House said.
In the agenda will fight with Covid-19 and climate change and explore new technologies, according to the statement of the week of the White House.
“The meeting will highlight the power of the US-Japan alliance, which is the foundation of peace, security and stability in the Indo-Pacific world and throughout the world,” said White Press Secretary Jen PSaki in the statement.
“President Biden hopes to work with Prime Minister Kishida to advance our shared vision for free and open Indo-Pacific,” PSAKI said, added that both of them would discuss issues related to “Quad,” the alliance formed between the United States of America, Japan, India and Australia are trying to fight China’s growing influence in Asia.
Biden and Kishida met directly during the COP26 climate summit in Scotland last year and previously spoke by telephone when Kishida was elected in October.
US, Japanese leader to speak Covid, security in a virtual meeting
