South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Jin Yong-sung (R) poses with his U.S. and Japanese counterparts, Gen. Dan Caine and Gen. Hiroaki Uchikura, respectively, during their Trilateral Chiefs of Defense meeting at the Pentagon Wednesday. Photo courtesy of South Korea Joint Chiefs of Staff
SEOUL, July 16 (UPI) -- The top military officers of South Korea, the United States and Japan reaffirmed their commitment to closer security cooperation against North Korea's nuclear and missile threats during talks in Washington, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said Thursday.
South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Jin Yong-sung, U.S. Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine and Gen. Hiroaki Uchikura, chief of staff of Japan's Joint Staff, met Wednesday in Washington for the 23rd Trilateral Chiefs of Defense meeting, the JCS said in a statement.
The chiefs agreed to continue working toward the complete denuclearization of North Korea in accordance with U.N. Security Council resolutions and to maintain the momentum of trilateral cooperation, including through the annual multidomain Freedom Edge exercise, launched in 2024.
U.S. Forces Korea commander Gen. Xavier Brunson, U.S. Forces Japan commander Lt. Gen. Stephen Jost and U.S. Indo-Pacific Command deputy commander Lt. Gen. George Rowell also attended.
