Global Courant
ANKARA
The United States, South Korea and Japan on Saturday decided to operate a system by North Korea that allows them to share real-time warning data of future missile launches.
According to South Korean defense minister Lee Jong-sup, the agreement was reached in a tripartite meeting with their US and Japanese counterparts on the sideline of the 20th IISS Shangri-La Dialogue 2023 in Singapore.
The meeting with Lloyd Austin and Yasukazu Hamada comes after North Korea recently failed to launch a military spy satellite.
“The three countries have agreed to take security cooperation to another level while actively implementing the measures agreed between the leaders of South Korea, the United States and Japan,” Lee said, quoted by Seoul-based Yonhap News Agency.
“With regard to the real-time sharing of North Korean missile warning data in particular, we have decided to connect the relevant information sharing systems, one operating between South Korea and the United States, and the other between Japan and the United States, and run the unified one within ourselves this year,” he added.
The 20th Shangri-La Dialogue, which started on Friday, will continue until Sunday.
Defense ministers of many countries are attending the summit, including the USA, China, Japan, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, Canada, the United Kingdom, Cambodia and Germany.
*Written by: Islamuddin Sajid
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