U.S. Invoice Hagerty (R-TN) attends the second day of the Republican Nationwide Conference on the Fiserv Discussion board, July 16, in Milwaukee, Wis. AFP-Yonhap
A U.S. senator, identified for his shut ties to former President Donald Trump, mentioned Thursday that he’ll go to Seoul subsequent month to attend an annual trilateral financial assembly between Korea, the US and Japan.
Sen. Invoice Hagerty, who served because the U.S. ambassador to Japan from 2017-2019 throughout Trump’s presidency, plans to take part within the second annual Trilateral Financial Dialogue on Sept. 4 that can carry collectively private- and public-sector leaders from the three nations.
The journey comes as he’s set to guide a bipartisan group of senators in a delegation to South Korea and Japan.
“As the previous United States ambassador to Japan, it’s my privilege to guide a bipartisan group of my Senate colleagues on a congressional delegation to Japan and the Republic of Korea,” he mentioned in a press release.
“I look ahead to bringing our delegation of U.S. senators even nearer to those two nations whose important alliances with the US I got here to so vastly admire as ambassador,” he added.
Hagerty underscored the significance of trilateral cooperation on numerous fronts.
“Now greater than ever, it’s crucial that our three nations proceed to strengthen our financial, diplomatic, and strategic relationship,” he mentioned. (Yonhap)
