WASHINGTON, April 20 -- The United States-Japan 2+2 ministerial meeting has welcomed the growing ties between their countries and India in the Indo-Pacific region that is of vital strategic interest to them.
The defence and diplomatic cabinet officials of the two countries expressed satisfaction on Friday with the trilateral meeting with India and noted significance of joint military exercises, the State Department said. US Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan met on Friday with Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Kono and Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya for their high-level strategic meeting focused on building a free and open Indo-Pacific.
"The ministers also noted with satisfaction the first Japan...