Roberts Gates to visit Japan, S. Korea, Slovakia

Roberts Gates to visit Japan, S. Korea, Slovakia

www.chinaview.cn 2009-10-15 03:30:58

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates will visit Japan, South Korea and Slovakia next week, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.

In Tokyo, Secretary Gates will meet with senior Japanese officials on the "transformation of the alliance" between the United States and Japan, said Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell.

According to the spokesman, Gates will "reinforce America's commitment" to South Korea in his trip to Seoul, and then he will attend meetings of NATO defense ministers in Bratislava on Oct. 22and 23.

Korean Peninsula's nuclear crisis is expected to top agenda of Gates' visits to Japan and South Korea, while the war in Afghanistan is to be discussed at the NATO defense meetings.


Editor: Mu Xuequan