: Biden huddles with Japan, S Korea on N Korea threat, China #IndiaNEWS #Home News Phnom Penh (Cambodia): President Joe Biden met Sunday with the leaders of Japan and South Korea to coordinate their

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Biden huddles with Japan, S Korea on N Korea threat, China #IndiaNEWS #Home News
Phnom Penh (Cambodia): President Joe Biden met Sunday with the leaders of Japan and South Korea to coordinate their response to North Koreas threatening nuclear and ballistic missile programs, as well as to seek input on managing Chinas assertive posture in the Pacific region on the eve of his planned face-to-face with President Xi Jinping.
Biden met separately with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol. The three leaders are scheduled to then sit down together on the sidelines of the East Asia Summit in Cambodia.
The meetings come as North Korea has fired dozens of missiles in recent weeks, including an intercontinental ballistic missile 10 days ago that triggered evacuation alerts in northern Japan, and as the allies warn of a looming risk of the isolated country conducting its seventh nuclear test in the coming weeks.
US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters on Saturday that Biden aims to use the meetings to strengthen the three countries joint response to the dangers posed by North Korea, officially known as the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea.
“What we would really like to see is enhanced trilateral security cooperation where the three countries are all coming together,� he said.
“Thats acutely true with respect to the DPRK because of the common threat and challenge we all face, but its also true, more broadly, about our capacity to work together to enhance overall peace and stability in the region. �
Tensions on the Korean peninsula have skyrocketed in recent months as the North continues its weapons demonstrations and the US and South Korea launched stepped-up joint defence exercises.
Earlier this month, the South Korean military said two B-1B bombers trained with four US F-16 fighter jets and four South Korean F-35 jets during the last day of “Vigilant Storm� joint air force drills.
It was the first time since December 2017 that the bombers were deployed to the Korean Peninsula. The exercise involved a total of roughly 240 warplanes, including advanced F-35 fighter jets from both countries.
North Korea responded with its own display of force, flying large numbers of warplanes inside its territory.
The Biden administration has said it has sent repeated requests to negotiate with North Korea without preconditions on constraining its nuclear and ballistic missile programs, but that Kim Jong Uns government has not responded.
Biden has said he plans to press Xi to use Chinas unique sway over North Korea to curtail its aggressive behavior, as part of what is expected to be a wide-ranging bilateral meeting on the margins of the Group of 20 gathering in Bali, Indonesia.

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