Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsuno Biden Announces Visit to Japan on 22-24
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(Tokyo = Yonhap News) Correspondent Ho-jun Kim = The Japanese government announced on the 28th that US President Joe Biden will visit Japan from the 22nd to the 24th of next month.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said at a regular press conference that day, “(President Biden) will hold a US-Japan summit with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on the 23rd, and he will attend the Quad Summit hosted by the Japanese government in Tokyo on the 24th.” said.
Quad is a security consultative body for the containment of China from the United States, Japan, Australia, and India.
Biden’s visit to Japan is the first in nine years since 2013, when he was vice president.
“I sincerely welcome this visit to Japan for the first time since taking office,” said Minister Matsuno. did.
He said, “In the midst of a great shock to the international order due to the realization of the general change in the status quo by the force of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, we are further strengthening the US-Japan alliance to secure peace and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific, especially East Asia, and ‘free and open India and It is very important to confirm close cooperation on all fronts, including efforts to realize ‘Pacific’,” he added.
The White House announced on the 27th (local time) that President Biden will tour Korea and Japan from the 20th to the 24th of next month.
President Biden will visit South Korea on the 20th and 22nd and hold a summit meeting with President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol on the 21st. (Reporter Assistant: Correspondent Sakiko Murata)
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