Ambassadors from eight Nato countries – the US, Britain, Italy, Denmark, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Romania and Poland – met Japanese foreign minister before heading to Seoul to meet South Korean defence minister.
toward taiwan, and the fragility that taiwan faces is something that is not just about taiwan s existence, but a threat for the world. so we expect discussions on taiwan to be held in the closed door sessions. it may be mentioned in very briefly in the official statement, but certainly concerns about taiwan is something that is another element that brings these three countries together today at camp david. as we re speaking, these are live pictures from camp david, in maryland. there is where the pool area is for the press. and, of course, we re monitoring that. there should be some form of ceremony, et cetera, shortly. we ll be monitoring that. but, rick, curious to your comment on this, this could be seen as an asian mini nato. ambassador to japan rahm emanuel told me yesterday that this will lead to a whole new geostrategic landscape in the indo-pacific region.
is it routine for two norad f-16 fighter jets to intercept four russian aircraft in u.s. air space? well, let me say this. when i was ambassador to japan, it was routine russia would test japanese air space and dealt with in the same manner. routine way to deal with the test of our sovereignty. russians have witnessed what s happened in the past couple of weeks. sandra: norad anticipated the russian activity it further states and as a result of our planning they were prepared to intercept it. that is quite something. we ll continue to dig into that, but we are told these are routine operations. senator, thank you very much. sandra, they should always be prepared to intercept these sort of sortes, i think it s standard operating procedure to be prepared. but the fact they came is a direct result of the violation of the sovereignty china demonstrated over the last
well again, i think this legislation that we are going to talk about in september will get in that direction. particularly, strengthen taiwan s military position, expedited process to do that, and more foreign military financing. i would like to see this. more exercises in the region, not only between the united states and allies, but also the allies on their own in the region and we need to see a lot more u.s. military strength build-up. i was ambassador to japan at a time we had massive tensions with north korea and china. we need to continue to build our presence and our posture. the asia pacific region is where the action is going to be in the years to come. aishah: and the japanese are sending or have sent active duty military to taiwan, so puts the spotlight on us as to what we do next. thank you, senator for your time. always good to be with you, thanks. bill: update on salman
tonight for the final listed stop on her tour of asia, japanese officials still working on pelosi s schedule for tomorrow in tokyo and that includes who she will meet with. and that all being said, the chief cabinet secretary said that he welcomes the speaker to japan and that her visit will further strengthen personal and parliamentary cha e exchanges b united states and japan. they wouldn t comment on the surprise visit to taiwan, but the chief cabinet secretary did express concern over the live fire military drills and urged a peaceful resolution of the cross-strait issues. he said that china s exercises could undermine peace and stability in the region and directly impact the security of japan and its people. this is just 110 kilometers east of taiwan. i inokay. steven and blake, thank you both