US, Japanese and ROK national security officials set to meet

Jake Sullivan, US National Security Advisor to the President, speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, DC, on July 11, 2022. (NICHOLAS KAMM / AFP)

US national security adviser Jake Sullivan will meet with his Japanese and Republic of Korea counterparts on Wednesday and Thursday in Hawaii, the White House said.

"After the trilateral meeting, Mr. Sullivan will visit the United States Indo-Pacific Command to discuss our alliances in defense of the free and open Indo-Pacific," National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson said in a statement.

National Security Secretariat Secretary General Akiba Takeo of Japan, and ROK's Director of the National Security Office Kim Sung-han will meet with Sullivan at the headquarters of the United States Indo-Pacific Command in Honolulu, according to the statement.

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