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Urgent: U.S. aircraft carrier Carl Vinson to arrive in Sea of Japan by end of this month

Xinhua, April 22, 2017 Adjust font size:

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said here on Saturday that an aircraft carrier strike group led by USS Carl Vinson will arrive in the Sea of Japan by the end of this month.

"Our expectation is that they will be in the Sea of Japan in position in a matter of days, before the end of this month," he told a joint press conference with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. Endit