Ankara, July 9 -- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio held a trilateral meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun on the sidelines of the NATO Summit in Ankara, reaffirming "deeper cooperation among the three countries on security, economic resilience and stability in the Indo-Pacific region."The three ministers highlighted that stronger US-Japan-Republic of Korea (ROK) cooperation would contribute to shared economic prosperity and advance security and stability in a free and open Indo-Pacific.

The leaders underscored the importance of" NATO's cooperation with Indo-Pacific partners," including on areas such as "defence spending" and production, energy security, "countering cyber and h...