US President Joe Biden reiterated to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida “his country’s commitment to defending Japan in the wake of North Korea’s missile tests.”

Earlier today, the United States, the European Union, Japan, and South Korea “strongly” condemned North Korea’s ballistic missile launch over Japan, and Washington reaffirmed its “commitment to protecting its allies,” stressing the “importance of triangular cooperation to “strongly respond.”

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida called the launch “an egregious act” and Cabinet Secretary General Hirokazu Matsuno called it “an imminent threat to the region and the international community.” South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol called the launch a “reckless provocation” and called for retaliatory action.

In a separate context, Biden held telephone conversations with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky about events in Ukraine and told him that “Washington has sent another $625 million in military aid, including HIMARS rocket launchers,” without specifying the number of launchers. – high-precision missiles sent.