“Peace and safety in the Taiwan Strait” was adopted as a joint statement at the defense ministers’ meeting held right after the defense ministers of the Republic of Korea and the United States agreed on “stabilization of the Taiwan Strait”.
The U.S.-Japan-Australian trilateral defense ministers agreed to “emphasize the importance of achieving complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula,” and announced that they took the lead in “security on the Korean Peninsula.”
A press release from the U.S. Department of Defense stated on the 11th that the Defense Ministers of the Republic of Korea and the United States also exchanged views on the security environment in the Indo-Pacific. and the importance of maintaining stability,” he said.
A joint statement by the defense ministers of South Korea, the United States, and Japan, held immediately after the summit, said, “They agreed on the importance of deepening trilateral cooperation, including information sharing, high-level policy consultation, and joint training, on key issues for promoting a free and open Indo-Pacific.” He said, “We shared concerns about the importance of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait and activities that do not conform to the norms-based international order,” confirming the trilateral intervention in the Taiwan Strait.
Regarding the U.S., Japan, and Australia trilateral talks that day, the U.S. Department of Defense said, "We strongly oppose China's illegal maritime-related claims and activities that conflict with international law in the South China Sea." recommended,” he said.
The press release continued, "We have decided to deepen the involvement of our European-like alliance partners in the Indo-Pacific region in order to protect the values of democracy, transparency, and respect for international norms, including the effective use of information exchange methods between the three countries." Agreed on NATO's intervention in the Korean Peninsula.
Regarding North Korea, the three countries, the United States, Japan and Australia, announced that they took the lead in ‘security on the Korean Peninsula’ by agreeing that “the ministers of the three countries emphasized the importance of achieving complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula in accordance with a UN Security Council resolution.”
On the other hand, the trilateral joint statement said, “They agreed on the importance of deepening trilateral cooperation, including information sharing, high-level policy consultation, and joint training, on key issues for promoting a free and open Indo-Pacific.” We strongly condemn the illegal launch of ballistic missiles, and North Korea's launch of all kinds of ballistic missiles has confirmed a clear violation of a number of UN Security Council resolutions," he said.
The defense ministers' meetings held in Singapore at the Asian Security Conference (Shangri-La Dialogue) were led by the US, Japan, and Australia, and said, "The three ministers are still committed to international efforts to address the serious threat posed by North Korea in the region." “The three ministers emphasized the importance of achieving complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula in accordance with a resolution of the UN Security Council,” he said.
Defense Minister Lee Jong-seop attended the Asian Security Conference.
The South Korean Ministry of National Defense also released a press release saying that Minister 'ROK and US' “discussed on North Korea policy coordination and extended deterrence, combined readiness posture, and security cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region.” "We agreed that close ROK-U.S. cooperation is more important than ever," he said.
"The two Ministers pointed out that North Korea's successive launch of ballistic missiles and preparations for the 7th nuclear test are provocations that seriously threaten the peace and stability of the Korean Peninsula as well as the international community," the press release said.
In Australia, the Labor Party came to power in the general election in May to form a cabinet, and Prime Minister Kisida of Japan sympathized with the Biden administration's 'Dialogue First' of the US Democratic Party, and the trilateral alliance seems to have been strengthened.