U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton has told Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono that Washington does not intend to mediate in a dispute between Tokyo and Seoul over wartime labor and trade policy, a Japanese government source said Wednesday.
Bolton explained Washington’s hands-off approach to the row between its two Asian security allies in a meeting with Kono on Monday, the source said.
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