2023-04-17 06:12:02
Tight Japanese security measures following an explosion at an election rally
Monday – 26th of Ramadan 1444 AH – 17th of April 2023 AD Issue Number [16211]
Karuizawa (Japan): «Middle East»
Relations with China and the war in Ukraine dominated the G7 foreign ministers’ meetings in Japan yesterday.
The delegations arrived at the Karuizawa resort from Tokyo on board the Japanese high-speed train “Shinkansen”, amid tight security following an explosive device was thrown during an election rally attended by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. The meeting of foreign ministers, which lasts three days, paves the way for the summit of heads of state of the Group of Seven, which is scheduled to be held in May in Hiroshima.
East Asia has dominated the diplomatic agenda in recent days, especially following North Korea launched Thursday a “new type” of solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missiles. A few days earlier, China conducted military maneuvers around Taiwan, which included a simulation of blockading the island, which it considers an integral part of its territory. The G7 has warned Beijing once morest any attempt to change the status quo by force with regard to Taiwan.
“We have an interest in peace and stability prevailing in the Taiwan Strait,” European Union Foreign Minister Josep Borrell told reporters, yesterday via video, following he tested positive for the coronavirus this week, according to Agence France-Presse.
On Ukraine, Japan sees the seven talks as an opportunity to confirm its conviction that the Russian invasion only reinforces the need for increased vigilance in Asia. Kishida had warned that “Asia might be the Ukraine of tomorrow.”
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