Amid China's assertiveness, US pledges cooperation with Japan, S Korea for regional peace

Washington [US], July 21 (ANI): Amid China's growing assertiveness and provocations of North Korea, the United States and its Indo-Pacific allies of Japan and South Korea recently pledged to boost trilateral cooperation to achieve regional and global peace.

Chiefs of Defence of the three countries opposed "any unilateral attempts to change the status quo by force" in the Indo-Pacific region, given China's "escalatory, dan