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SEOUL, TOKYO AGREE TO BOOST THREE-WAY MILITARY TIES WITH U.S.
SINGAPORE, June 2 Asia Pulse - The defense chiefs of South Korea and Japan agreed Saturday to work together to revive a suspended three-way military dialogue with the United States as soon as possible, South Korean officials said.
South Korean Defense Minister Lee Sang-hee and his Japanese counterpart, Shigeru Ishida also agreed to hold joint search and rescue exercises with the U.S. annually following the Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC), the largest international maritime exercise hosted by the U.S. Navy and Britain's Royal Navy, they said.
Lee and Ishida were in Singapore for an annual meeting of the Asia Security Summit, a regional defense forum also known as the Shangri-La Dialogue.
South Korea and Japan had frequently held tripartite defense talks with the United States until 2002 when the then liberal South Korean government of President Roh Moo-hyun expressed concern that the military dialogue could unnecessarily provoke North Korea.
"The countries need to foster increased cooperation and exchanges between their military sectors while working to eliminate historical and political obstacles between the ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, SEOUL, TOKYO AGREE TO BOOST THREE-WAY MILITARY TIES WITH U.S.