The South Korean military said on January 24 that the US Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) planned to hold a meeting of the US-Japan-ROK Army Chiefs of Staff in early April at the Hawaii – where the Command is located Indo-Pacific.
A South Korean military official said INDOPACOM has issued invitations to South Korean and Japanese officials. Currently, the Chief of the General Staff of the South Korean Army Park Jeong-hwan has not made a final decision because the sides are still discussing the form and content of the meeting program.
Since 2010, each year, three countries US-Japan-Korea organize one or two meetings at the Chairman level of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in both online and face-to-face forms. However, because there is no mechanism for discussion at the level of the Chiefs of the General Staff of the armed forces, the meeting trilateral This is not done regularly.
[Mỹ-Nhật Bản-Hàn Quốc khẳng định tầm quan trọng của hợp tác an ninh]
Since the launch of the administration of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol (May 2022), the three sides have agreed to share real-time missile warning information, strengthen security cooperation such as progressing onion joint exercise anti-submarine and missile defense. Accordingly, meetings at the level of the Chiefs of the General Staff of the armed forces are also held more frequently.
In August 2022, Mr. Park Jeong-hwan attended a high-level meeting with his US, Japanese and Australian counterparts held behind closed doors during the International Chiefs of Staff Meeting (CAS) in Australia.
Then, in November, the Chief of the General Staff of the Republic of Korea Navy Lee Jong-ho had a private meeting with the Commander of the US Pacific Fleet and the Chief of the General Staff of the Japanese Coast Guard Ryo Sakai. on the sidelines of the Western Pacific Naval Command Conference (WPNS) in Japan./.
Mr. Nguyen (VNA/Vietnam+)