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Q: The White House announced the first trilateral U.S./Japan/Philippines leaders summit on April 11th, so given the Chinese provocation in the South China Sea, what kind of trilateral defense cooperation among these three countries do you hope to promote in …
MS. SINGH: Are you — are you referencing the state visit that’s happening later this month — or sorry, next month?
Q: Yes, from Japanese prime minister and the Philippines president.
MS. SINGH: Yes. So I’m not going to get ahead of that visit that’s happening soon. There will be, of course, engagement from the Department and some of those meetings taking place. But until those meetings happen I’m just not going to get ahead of that. I’m sure you can appreciate that. But when we have more to share, we will.
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Source: U.S. Department of Defense
Speaker: Sabrina Singh, Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary
Format: Press Briefing
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