South Korea, Japan hold upgraded 2+2 talks as US focuses on Iran

Neighbors seek closer trilateral cooperation to keep Washington engaged in East Asia Vice foreign and defense ministers from Japan and South Korea held their first two-plus-two meeting in Seoul on May 7. © Kyodo TOKYO/SEOUL — Japan and South Korea held a two-plus-two meeting with vice foreign and defense ministers for the first time in Seoul on Thursday, discussing security cooperation with each other and the U.S. amid worries about the Middle East conflict leaving a power vacuum in East Asia.

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