Japan and South Korea's ”vice defense ministers” meet in Seoul to discuss ”North Korean troop dispatch issue” - South Korean media

On the 8th, Vice Minister of National Defense Kim Seon Ho held a Japan-Korea Defense Vice-Minister Meeting with Defense Counsellor Koichiro Nakajima at the Ministry of National Defense in Seoul, where they discussed ways to develop defense exchanges and cooperation between the two countries.
The Japan-Korea Defense Vice-Ministerial Level Meeting was held in June this year on the occasion of the Shangri-La Dialogue (Asia Security Forum), and was agreed upon as the annual Vice-Ministerial Level Meeting.
Vice Minister Kim and Deputy Director-General Nakajima expressed serious concerns about the all-round military cooperation between Russia and North Korea, including the dispatch of North Korean troops to Russia, and strongly condemned it.
They agreed to cooperate closely with the international community to block Russian-North Korean military cooperation.
- We agreed that security cooperation among Japan, the United States and the ROK is at an extremely important time, and decided to strengthen cooperation toward the complete denuclearization of North Korea.
In addition, the "Japan-Korea Defense Exchange and Cooperation" agreed upon at the Japan-Korea Defense Ministers' Meeting in July this year
In addition, as next year marks the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Japan and Korea, we have agreed to actively pursue the resumption and revitalization of the "Korea-Japan Friendship and Cooperation Program."
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