Joe Biden, Japanese PM Kishida to meet at White House on January 13

US President Joe Biden will hold talks with Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio at the White House on January 13 to discuss the bilateral relationship and regional and global issues including the situation in the IndoPacific the Ukrainian war and North Koreas ballistic missile programmes a presidential spokesperson has announcedThe meeting comes before Japan hosts the G7 summit in May in HiroshimaDuring the meeting Biden will reiterate his full support for Japans recently released National Security Strategy its presidency of the G7 and its term as a nonpermanent member of the United Nations Security Council White House Press Secretary Karine JeanPierre said on TuesdayThey will also discuss a range of regional and global issues including the Democratic Peoples Republic of Koreas unlawful weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programmes Russias brutal war against Ukraine and maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait she saidLast month North Korea claimed to have performed key tests needed for the development of a new strategic weapon North Korean leader Kim Jong Un also ordered the exponential expansion of his countrys nuclear arsenalAlso Read Donald Trump has failed America says Joe BidenBiden and Kishida will celebrate the unprecedented strength of the USJapan Alliance and will set the course for their partnership in the year ahead she saidBiden looks forward to welcoming Kishida to the White House to further deepen ties between the governments economies and the people the press secretary saidOver the past year the two leaders have worked closely together to modernise the USJapan Alliance expand our cooperation on key issues from climate change to critical technologies including through the Quad and advance a free and open IndoPacific President Biden and Prime Minister Kishida will build on these efforts she saidThe US and several other world powers have been talking about the need to ensure a free open and thriving IndoPacific in the backdrop of Chinas rising military manoeuvring in the resourcerich regionChina claims nearly all of the disputed South China Sea though Taiwan the Philippines Brunei Malaysia and Vietnam all claim parts of it Beijing has built artificial islands and military installations in the South China Sea China also has territorial disputes with Japan in the East China SeaThe Quad or Quadrilateral Security Dialogue comprises India the US Japan and AustraliaThe two leaders last met in Bali Indonesia during Novembers G20 summitThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever