The US, Japan And South Korea The possibility of deterring from the “regulation of anti-missile and anti-submarine exercises” was discussed North Korea‘s nuclear and missile threats.

What happened: To prevent and counteract Kim Jong Unnuclear and missile threats, the US, Japan and South Korea issued a joint statement that they had discussed regularizing anti-missile and anti-submarine drills, according to a statement from the US Department of Defense.

The announcement was made on 13th Trilateral Defense Talks took place in Washington, DC on Friday. The “representatives exchanged assessments of the security environment in the Korean Peninsula” and the region at large, the statement said.

Defense officials from the US, Japan and Korea said each side will remain vigilant and enhance their trilateral security cooperation to defend against US threats Democratic People’s Republic of Koreaor DPRK, and to strengthen peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific Region and on the Korean Peninsula.

The officials also reiterated that “a nuclear test in the DPRK, if conducted, would meet with a strong and determined response from the international community.”

Delegates continued to emphasize the importance of stability and peace around the world Taiwan Strait. They also reiterated the need for support Ukraine against Russia“war of aggression” and acknowledged that its invasion constituted a serious “violation of territorial integrity and sovereignty”.

Why it matters: The announcement follows Warning from Kim Jong Un of “extreme uneasiness and horror” to his perceived enemies, which he issued after North Korea said Friday it had tested a new solid-fuel ICBM to “radically boost” the country’s nuclear capabilities.

A few days earlier allegedly North Korea fired a new ballistic missile modelwhich caused a stir in South Korea…