According to Seoul, the defense ministers of South Korea, the United States, and Japan have agreed to intensify cooperation against North Korea’s missile “threats” through regular joint security exercises.
And the Seoul Ministry of Defense reports that South Korean Defense Minister Lee Jong Sop and his American and Japanese counterparts, Lloyd Austin and Nobu Kishi, have “reached an agreement” with their meeting on the sideline of the annual Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. ”Here the meeting met and became a first for defense ministers. Since their last meeting in November 2019, after a series of North Korean ballistic missile launches.
“South Korea, the United States and Japan have agreed to conduct missile warning exercises and search and monitor ballistic missiles,” the ministry said, without specifying the date of the training programs.
It should be noted that the three sides conducted missile warning and tracking exercises every three months and every two years consecutively or at irregular intervals.
Source: “Yonhap”
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