Biden, Suga discuss U.S.-Japan alliance, global issues during phone call
- 3 years ago
바이든-스가 전화회담..."미일동맹 강화 확인"
President Elect Joe Biden's phone talks with President Moon was followed by one with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga this morning.
A readout from Biden's transition team said Biden called the U.S., Japan alliance the "cornerstone of a prosperous and secure Indo-Pacific region."
Shortly after the call, Mr. Suga told reporters that the two discussed the need to cooperate on COVID-19, the global economic recovery, climate change... and that Mr. Biden had affirmed Washington's commitment to defending the Senkaku Islands under a 1960 bilateral security treaty.
The group of uninhabited islets in the East China Sea are administered by Tokyo but claimed by Beijing, which calls them Diaoyu.
President Elect Joe Biden's phone talks with President Moon was followed by one with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga this morning.
A readout from Biden's transition team said Biden called the U.S., Japan alliance the "cornerstone of a prosperous and secure Indo-Pacific region."
Shortly after the call, Mr. Suga told reporters that the two discussed the need to cooperate on COVID-19, the global economic recovery, climate change... and that Mr. Biden had affirmed Washington's commitment to defending the Senkaku Islands under a 1960 bilateral security treaty.
The group of uninhabited islets in the East China Sea are administered by Tokyo but claimed by Beijing, which calls them Diaoyu.