American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, April 10, 2014 – Near the conclusion of his trip
to the Asia-Pacific region, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel called Republic of
Korea Minister of National Defense Kim Kwan-Jin on his flight from Ulaanbaatar,
Mongolia to Beijing, Assistant Press Secretary Carl Woog said in a statement
issued today.
Woog’s statement reads as follows:
Secretary Hagel called Republic of Korea Minister of
National Defense Kim Kwan-Jin on his flight from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia to
Beijing, China prior to boarding the E4-B to return to the United States having
spent 10 days in the Asia-Pacific region.
Secretary Hagel discussed with Minister Kim the meetings he
had in China, noting that on the whole, the talks were substantive and
constructive both in terms of the potential for U.S.-China military-to-military
cooperation as in the management of differences between the two sides.
Secretary Hagel told Minister Kim that his discussions in
China included a focus on North Korea, and the threat to the United States and
the region posed by North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile developments.
In this context, he also noted his recent decision to send two additional BMD
capable Navy destroyers to Japan by 2017.
He thanked Minister Kim for his support for the Defense
Trilateral Talks Plenary in Washington next week and said all three nations
must do all they can to strengthen this trilateral cooperation to deal with the
threat from North Korea.
The secretary also discussed the meetings he had in Japan
and the first ever U.S.-hosted ASEAN defense ministers' meeting in Hawaii
noting all of these sessions help contribute to the United States goal of
supporting allies and partners and achieving continued economic growth and
prosperity.
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