Japan and the United States will discuss strengthening defence with Australia and other allies when Fumio Kishida meets Joe Biden in Washington next week amid growing concern about China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea.
Japan and the United States will discuss strengthening defence with Australia and other allies when Fumio Kishida meets Joe Biden in Washington next week amid growing concern about China ’s territorial claims in the South China Sea. The meeting between Australia ’s two most important allies in the Indo-Pacific comes as Indonesia ’s president-electmet with Mr Kishida in Tokyo on Wednesday, as part of his first foreign trip since being elected leader in February.
Indonesia’s President-elect Prabowo Subianto (left) and Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during talks in Tokyo on Wednesday.His visit to Japan came just two days after he met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, where he also called for stronger ties with China. Observers in Japan said Mr Prabowo, who is also the country’s defence minister, was non-aligned and wanted to indicate both Japan and China were equally important partner
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