Tokyo: United States, Japan and South Korea on Wednesday reiterated their commitment to cooperate with Denuclirization of North Korea and other regional threats but did not make progress in bringing closer to both US allies.
US State Deputy Secretary Wendy Sherman, who held talks in Tokyo with his colleagues, Japanese Foreign Minister Takeo Mori and South Korea Choi Jong-kun, said their alliances remained “ lynchpin peace, security and prosperity.
“Reaffirming the importance of respecting international law, including maintaining freedom of navigation and overflights in the South China Sea, and opposed every unilateral effort to change the status quo in the East China Sea and in the Taiwan Strait.” When the country takes action that runs cons for the benefit of the United States or those who threaten our partners and allies, we will not let the challenge be answered, ‘said Sherman.
The United States and Japan have raised concerns about China who suppressed their claims to the areas contested in the South China Sea and Japanese-controlled Senki Islands, who also claimed and called Diaoyu.
‘`It is important for the international community to unite and increase the voice of unilateral (China) efforts to change the status quo by force, and I hope to work together between the three countries,” said Mori.
Choi South Korea stay away from Chinese problems at a joint press conference Wednesday and emphasize the importance of maintaining dialogue with North Korea.
The deteriorating relationship between Washington and Beijing has raised concerns in Seoul that it will be extorted between the main security allies and the biggest trading partner.
Choi repeatedly welcomed the importance of holding trilateral talks and said he hoped for them to be held regularly to “ close communications’ among the three countries.
Japan and South Korea have been trying to improve relations since President Joe Biden took the office to call for a stronger three-way cooperation in facing the threat and the nuclear challenges of North Korea caused by China.
It’s been a little improvement.
Mori and Choi were separated on problems originating from Japanese colonization from the Korean Peninsula and atrocities made before and during World War II, and only agreed to continue the conversation.
Mori urged South Korea to be responsible for resolving problems related to the compensation of Korean workers at war and sexual violations of “ women comfort ‘by Japanese soldiers to restore’ healthy relations’ between the two countries.
Choi repeated the country’s position that the problem would not be resolved except Japan changed its position.
Earlier this week, President Moon Jae-in canceled the plan to visit Tokyo for the opening of the Friday Olympics and met with Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.