Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U. S. Pacific Command chief Adm Harry Harris confirmed Thursday that the two countries will cooperate closely with each other as well as with South Korea in dealing with the North Korean nuclear and missile threat, the Japanese government said. At the outset of
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U. S. Pacific Command chief Adm Harry Harris confirmed Thursday that the two countries will cooperate closely with each other as well as with South Korea in dealing with the North Korean nuclear and missile threat, the Japanese government said.
At the outset of their meeting in the prime minister’s office, Abe hailed the recent visit of U. S. President Donald Trump to Japan, saying the two leaders successfully demonstrated the strong bond between the two countries.
Abe and Trump reiterated their pledge to apply the maximum possible pressure on Pyongyang to force it to abandon its nuclear and ballistic missile development programs in their meeting last week in Tokyo, the first stop of Trump’s five-nation Asian tour.
In his meeting with Harris, Abe said, „As we are facing an increasingly severe security environment in the Asia-Pacific region, we would like to deepen our close cooperation to further enhance our response capability and deterrence under the Japan-U.
