The head of the US Pentagon Lloyd Austin will go to Japan, Singapore, India and France next week.
This is stated in a message widespread by the US Department of Defense.
, as part of its seventh official visit to the Indo -Pacific region, Secretary of State Austin will go to Tokyo to meet with the Minister of Defense of Japan Yasukazu Hamada and other senior leaders, as well as visit American troops deployed in Japan, ”the report said.
It is noted that the visit of the head of the Pentagon will take place at a time when the United States and Japan “take important steps to modernize the capabilities of the North Atlantic Alliance, optimize the structure of the US armed forces and establish ties with uniform partners.”
Austin will go to Singapore from Japan, where he will make a speech at a plenary meeting of the 20th “Shangri dialogue”.
Then Austin will visit New Delhi, where he will meet with the Minister of Defense of India Rajnath Singh.
In France, Austin will take part in events dedicated to the 79th anniversary of the allied troops in Normandy.