US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held talks Thursday in South Korea aimed at strengthening military ties between North Korea and Russia.
At the same time, he continued to work to achieve a humanitarian pause in the war between Israel and Hamas and find long-term solutions for the Gaza Strip.
Blinken arrived in South Korea on Wednesday after a meeting of Group of Seven foreign ministers in Japan.
The G7 called for a pause in hostilities between Israel and Hamas to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid to civilians in Gaza after a month of bombing and the start of a ground operation by the Israeli army.
Blinken’s appearance in South Korea marked the first visit by a U.S. secretary of state in two and a half years and is part of Blinken’s broader tour of Asia, during which he will also visit India. Before coming to Japan, he visited the Middle East.
The United States remains focused on the Indo-Pacific region despite other global challenges, Blinken said at a news conference in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Blinken met with South Korean national security adviser Cho Tae-yong and condemned North Korea’s “provocative actions” on the peninsula and North Korea’s shipment of munitions and other supplies to Russia, the report said. Department of State.
