Input 2021.02.08 15:21
Kato Katsunobu, Japan’s Minister of Justice, said at a regular press conference on the 8th, “I know there is no plan to hold a quad summit at this time.” However, “for Japan, we will deepen our ties with more countries at various opportunities including the United States, Japan, Australia and India,” and “We will go forward with the goal of realizing a’free and open India-Pacific’.” Emphasized the meaning.
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The Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting was held twice in New York, USA in September 2019 and Tokyo, Japan in October last year, but no summit has been held. Therefore, experts who heard the news of the quad summit held an analysis that the US is expecting the effect of pressure on China and upgrading the quad diplomatic ministers’ meeting to the summit. In response, China immediately invaded and protested the territorial waters near the Senkaku Islands (Chinese name Diaoyudao), which is in a territorial dispute with Japan.
The goal of the US-China conflict was revealed in the first call between the heads of diplomacy on the 6th. According to the US State Department, US Secretary of State Tony Blincoln spoke with Chinese diplomatic politician Yang Jietsu, saying, “The United States will continue to support human rights and democratic values, including Xinjiang, Tibet, and Hong Kong.” He urged China to join the international community that criticizes this. In addition, Minister Blincoln is said to have said, “If it threatens the security of the Indo-Pacific region, including the Taiwan Strait, I will hold China accountable.”
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