Rex Tillerrson will visit Japan , South Korea and China soon
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will travel to Japan, South Korea and China from March 15 to 19, the US Department of State informed.
This would be his first visit as secretary of East Asia and the Pacific region. Mr. Tillerson will meet senior officials in each country to expand bilateral and multilateral issues, including the strategic coordination to address the nuclear threat and missile advancing from North Korea and confirm the commitment of the US government and to strengthen to discuss economic and security interests in the Asia-Pacific region, said the statement by the state Department.
Mr. Tillerson will arrive in Tokyo on the 15th, followed by Seoul march on March 17, and Beijing on March 18.
The visit comes amid growing tensions over the recent missile tests by North Korea that landed on the coast of Japan.
The US said on Tuesday "states all options are on the table" to deal with North Korea and China rejected the suggestion of a "double suspension" of military exercises of South Korea in the United States, with simultaneous suspension from Korea North of its missiles and two nuclear tests.
Tensions between the US and China have intensified after Donald Trump has accused Beijing of not doing enough to curb the nuclear ambitions of North Korea. The Chinese media have said that the Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that the two sides (North Korea and South Korea and the United States) were like "accelerating trains come close together."
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of North Korea warned it would "reduce the bases of aggression and provocation in the ashes with his invincible Hwasong missiles tipped with nuclear warheads and reliably defend the country's security and happiness of the people in the event that United States and the fire of the puppet forces in South Korea even a single bullet in the territory of North Korea. "
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will travel to Japan, South Korea and China from March 15 to 19, the US Department of State informed.
This would be his first visit as secretary of East Asia and the Pacific region. Mr. Tillerson will meet senior officials in each country to expand bilateral and multilateral issues, including the strategic coordination to address the nuclear threat and missile advancing from North Korea and confirm the commitment of the US government and to strengthen to discuss economic and security interests in the Asia-Pacific region, said the statement by the state Department.
Mr. Tillerson will arrive in Tokyo on the 15th, followed by Seoul march on March 17, and Beijing on March 18.
The visit comes amid growing tensions over the recent missile tests by North Korea that landed on the coast of Japan.
The US said on Tuesday "states all options are on the table" to deal with North Korea and China rejected the suggestion of a "double suspension" of military exercises of South Korea in the United States, with simultaneous suspension from Korea North of its missiles and two nuclear tests.
Tensions between the US and China have intensified after Donald Trump has accused Beijing of not doing enough to curb the nuclear ambitions of North Korea. The Chinese media have said that the Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that the two sides (North Korea and South Korea and the United States) were like "accelerating trains come close together."
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of North Korea warned it would "reduce the bases of aggression and provocation in the ashes with his invincible Hwasong missiles tipped with nuclear warheads and reliably defend the country's security and happiness of the people in the event that United States and the fire of the puppet forces in South Korea even a single bullet in the territory of North Korea. "
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