Ely Ratner, who was the assistant secretary of defence for Indo-Pacific security affairs from 2021 to this year, stated that Takaichi's comments about Taiwan merely echoed Japan's official stance on the matter.
Washington [US], September 8 (ANI): Top US Defence and State Department officials co-chaired the sixth 2+2 Intersessional Dialogue with their Indian counterparts in New Delhi on September 7 and advanced an ambitious set of initiatives across the breadth of the bilateral partnership, the P
Washington [US], September 6 (ANI): US Assistant Secretary of Defence for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Ely Ratner will depart for a visit to India this week to attend the sixth US-India 2+2 Intersessional Dialogue as well as the Maritime Security Dialogue.
Beijing [China], July 27 (ANI): Warning of China's increasing military engagement in "unsafe and unprofessional behaviour" in the South China Sea, a US official said that such provocations risked a major incident in the region, media reports said.