Carlos Del Toro said Friday that the major multination military training exercise launched in Australia sends a message to China.
The United States and South Korea also launched separate bilateral drills on Monday that will continue through April 28.
U.S. and French troops who are in Romania as part of a NATO battlegroup held a military exercise to test the alliance’s eastern flank defenses.
North Korea for decades has described the United States’ combined military exercises with South Korea as rehearsals for a potential invasion.
