Joe Biden complete East Asian tour

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US Vice President Joe Biden has left South Korea after a three-nation, six -day tour that also took him to Japan and China.

Biden left the US Osan Air Base in South Korea on a government aircraft on Saturday.

 South Korea, he visited Seoul’s War Memorial where he placed a wreath at a monument for US and South Korean soldiers who lost their lives in the Korean War.

He also visited the demilitarized zone that separates North and South Korea. He was briefed by South Korean troops on the current situation.Biden’s remarks during his tour on China’s East China Sea air defense identification zone. The zone covers airspace over the Senkaku Islands which are controlled by Japan but claimed by China and Taiwan. The Japanese government maintains the islands are an inherent part of Japan’s territory historically and in terms of international law.

Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed to work together in not condoning any unilateral change of the current status quo.

During his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, Biden expressed deep concern over China’s air defense identification zone. He urged Xi to retract the new rule that allows Chinese authorities to resort to the use of force as defensive emergency measures if aircraft flying in the zone do not obey instructions from China’s defense ministry.