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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Biden, Japan's Kishida to Discuss Asia Security, Ukraine

US President Joe Biden and Japan's former PM Yoshihide at the White House, April 16, 2021. (AFP)

US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will discuss deterrence in the Asia-Pacific region and a "united" Western alliance against Russian threats to Ukraine in a virtual meeting Friday, officials said.

Biden has made restoring the importance of the US-Japanese relationship a priority since taking office exactly a year ago, following Donald Trump's questioning of the benefit of US relationships with several major allies in both Asia and Europe, AFP reported.

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