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China announced that it was “negotiating with North Korea”, Japan “promoted a China-Japan summit,” and the U.S. officially declared “dependence on China and Russia” to resolve the North Korean nuclear issue. In response, South Korea strengthened its armaments. "The United States believes there is a lever that China and Russia can use to convince North Korea not to resume nuclear bomb tests," a s..

“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,” a..