HIROSHIMA: US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met for talks in the deeply symbolic city of Hiroshima on Thursday (May 18), aiming for closer cooperation in the face of an ascendant China and an unpredictable Russia they see as threatening the post-war order. The two met ahead
TIGHTEN SANCTIONS
The US will have a package of sanctions associated with a G7 statement that will centre on such an issue of enforcement of Russian sanctions, US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters on board Air Force One. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will join one G7 session via teleconference on Sunday, Kishida said. There had been some speculation he might travel to Hiroshima but Kishida said while he was aware of such talk, the schedule"is as announced".
and sending a clear sign of the deepening security importance of advanced technology and supply chains at the G7.
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