North Korean ballistic and nuclear missiles are a “priority” for the US and South Korea, having a “shared commitment” to address and resolve the issue. The joint statement at the end of the ‘two and two’ – the Seoul meeting between South Korean foreign and defense ministers Chung Eui-yong and Suh Wook, and American counterparts Antony Blinken and Lloyd Austin – remarked, “against the backdrop of growing challenges to regional security “, the shared values” that reinforce the commitment of the two countries to oppose any activity that undermines and destabilizes the rules-based international order “. No direct mention of China
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