Japanese Prime Minister Kishida on a foreign trip, a special meeting with US President


Posted on 9th Jan 2023 10:43 am by rohit kumar

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has left for a week-long foreign trip. During the visit, he will seek to strengthen military ties with Europe and Britain and focus on the Japan-US alliance at a summit in Washington. During a conversation with US President Joe Biden on Friday, Kishida told that he is going to visit five countries, including France, Italy, Britain, Canada, and any of the group of seven countries with which Japan has advanced defense relations. Is. On Monday, Kishida will first go to Paris and then think about further trips.

 

"Missile interceptor is not enough"

Prime Minister Kishida said that his summit with Biden would further strengthen the Japan-US relationship and focus on how the two countries can work under Japan's new security and defense strategies. In December, Japan adopted defense reforms to include a counterstrike missile in the country but believes the missile interceptor is not enough to defend against rapidly expanding weapons in China and North Korea.

 

"Both countries together can counter China"

Kishida says he will explain Japan's new strategy to US President Biden through which Japan is building new bases to strengthen defenses on the southwestern islands near Taiwan, including Yonaguni and Ishigaki. Talking on a TV show, Kishida said that he would explain to Joe Biden how these two countries work together to open up the Indo-Pacific by allying. "The two countries can counter China's growing military and economic influence in terms of national and economic security cooperation," he said.

 

Biden praised all the strategies of Japan

Under the new strategies, Japan plans to start deploying long-range cruise missiles by 2026 that could potentially reach targets in China. The planning is set to be completed as soon as defense experts believe that Chinese President Xi Jinping may act against Taiwan, which Beijing claims as part of its territory. Japan's new strategy has been praised by the Biden administration and some members of Congress. Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada and Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi will travel to Washington on Wednesday to meet with Americans Lloyd Austin and Antony Blinken to discuss the summit. After this, talks of different Defense Ministers will also take place on Thursday. Experts say Japan and the United States are also reportedly considering setting up a joint command.

 

Japanese officials said the two leaders are expected to discuss nuclear and missile developments in China, and North Korea as well as Russia's war on Ukraine during talks at the White House. Japan and Britain are also discussing a "reciprocal access advance" that would remove barriers to conducting joint military exercises in the two countries. Under this agreement, the U.S. Allows troops to be stationed in Japan. At present, this agreement of Tokyo is only with Australia and the second would be Britain.

 

Also Read: India should first stop Russia-Ukraine conflict, supports PM Modi's talk about war: America

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