US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kisid, following negotiations in Tokyo, expressed their readiness to carefully monitor the cooperation between Russia and China in the military sphere, the White House statement said.
“They intend to continue to carefully monitor the cooperation between China and Russia in the military field,” the statement says.
According to the statement, the leaders “expressed concern to the increase in the activity of the Russian military forces near Japan.” Biden and Kisida condemned Russia’s actions in Ukraine and expressed solidarity to the Ukrainian people. In addition, the heads of state called on China to “join the international community and condemn Russia’s actions in Ukraine.”
The White House statement says that the leaders of the United States and Japan “expressed serious concern to the irresponsible behavior of Russia as a permanent member of the UN Security Council and the abuse of veto law.” Biden expressed support for the idea of reforming the Council of People’s Commissars and the provision of Japan to the status of a permanent member of the UN Sat.