Fumio Kishida outlines step change in US-Japan security alliance after White House meeting with Joe Biden
Fumio Kishida told a US audience after meeting President Biden that Russia’s invasion marked the ‘complete end of the post-cold war world’.Fumio Kishida told a US audience after meeting President Biden that Russia’s invasion marked the ‘complete end of the post-cold war world’.Last modified on Fri 13 Jan 2023 22.30 GMT
“If we let this unilateral change in the status quo by force go unchallenged, it will happen elsewhere in the world, including Asia,” Kishida said, in likely a veiled allusion to fears of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan., Kishida said, “is the most critical challenge for both Japan and the United States”.
“Japan’s participation in the measures against Russia transformed the fight against Russia’s aggression against Ukraine from a transatlantic one to a global one,” Kishida said.“We’re stepping up to hold Putin accountable for his unprovoked war in Ukraine and I want to thank you, thank you for your strong leadership on this from the first conversation,” Biden said.
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