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▼ Japan PM Built "Relations Of Trust" With Vietnam, Philippine Leaders
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Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Wednesday he succeeded in building "relations of trust" with the leaderships in Vietnam and the Philippines during his trip to the two Southeast Asian nations.
Ishiba told reporters in Manila before he left for Tokyo that his four-day trip was "meaningful," saying the agreements reached on strengthening security ties will foster "peace, stability and the rule of law" in the region, in an apparent reference to concerns over China's military clout.
Ishiba agreed with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh in Hanoi on Monday to set up a vice-ministerial-level foreign affairs and defense dialogue framework with the first meeting to take place this year in Japan.
In Manila on Tuesday, Ishiba and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
affirmed that discussions will start on an information-sharing pact and an acquisition and cross-servicing deal to facilitate joint defense drills.
"We had quite in-depth and honest discussions," Ishiba said of his meetings with four Vietnamese leaders, also including To Lam, general secretary of the ruling Vietnamese Communist Party, and with Marcos.
"It is important to establish ties that would make us want to meet again, and I think we were able to achieve that," he added.
Japan has been ramping up security cooperation with Southeast Asian countries in recent years, as China intensifies its military activities in the resource-rich South China Sea, home to one of the world's busiest maritime sea lanes, as well as the East China Sea.
It was Ishiba's third trip to Southeast Asia since he took office in October. He visited Laos that month and Malaysia and Indonesia in January.
Ishiba told reporters in Manila before he left for Tokyo that his four-day trip was "meaningful," saying the agreements reached on strengthening security ties will foster "peace, stability and the rule of law" in the region, in an apparent reference to concerns over China's military clout.
Ishiba agreed with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh in Hanoi on Monday to set up a vice-ministerial-level foreign affairs and defense dialogue framework with the first meeting to take place this year in Japan.
In Manila on Tuesday, Ishiba and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
affirmed that discussions will start on an information-sharing pact and an acquisition and cross-servicing deal to facilitate joint defense drills.
"We had quite in-depth and honest discussions," Ishiba said of his meetings with four Vietnamese leaders, also including To Lam, general secretary of the ruling Vietnamese Communist Party, and with Marcos.
"It is important to establish ties that would make us want to meet again, and I think we were able to achieve that," he added.
Japan has been ramping up security cooperation with Southeast Asian countries in recent years, as China intensifies its military activities in the resource-rich South China Sea, home to one of the world's busiest maritime sea lanes, as well as the East China Sea.
It was Ishiba's third trip to Southeast Asia since he took office in October. He visited Laos that month and Malaysia and Indonesia in January.
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