The United States supported an agreement Monday reached by Japan and South Korea on the long-standing issue of women forced to work at Japan's wartime military brothels, hoping it will help further cement the trilateral security alliance.
"We support this agreement and its full implementation," National Security Adviser Susan Rice said in a statement released over the Tokyo-Seoul agreement to settle the "comfort women" issue.
Rice, top foreign policy adviser to President Barack Obama, said the United States believes "this comprehensive resolution is an important gesture of healing and reconciliation that should be welcomed by the international community."