Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis met with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday and praised Japan’s efforts to bolster its defense spending, in the first leg of the likely GOP presidential contender’s trip this week to four of the biggest U.S. allies.
, as it grows warier of military threats from China, North Korea’s nuclear ambitions and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.“We very much applaud your efforts to bolster your defenses. We understand it’s a tough neighborhood out here, with North Korea, the rise of the [Chinese Communist Party], and we really believe that a strong Japan is good for America, and a strong America is good for Japan,” DeSantis told Kishida.
He also told the Japanese prime minister that he plans to meet with airline executives to create direct flight routes between Japan and his state, which is the biggest U.S. market without direct flights to Japan, he said. First lady Casey DeSantis, Florida Secretary of State Cord Byrd and Florida Commerce Secretary Laura DiBella joined the trip, per the governor’s office statement.
The delegation is scheduled to visit South Korea next, where DeSantis will meet with Gyeonggi province Gov. Kim Dong-yeon and Prime Minister Han Duck-soo. South Korea’s top leader, President Yoon Suk Yeol, will be in Washington, D.C., where he will be the guest of honor at a state dinner at the White House on Wednesday. DeSantis and company are scheduled to go to Israel on Thursday and end their trip with a stop in the United Kingdom.The 2024 U.S.
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