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Warning of “worsening ASEAN division” aimed at strengthening security cooperation with Japan and Malaysia
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida
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(Beijing = Yonhap News) Correspondent Jong-gu Han = When Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited the Philippines and Malaysia to discuss ways to strengthen security cooperation, state media representing the Chinese authorities criticized that it would increase tension in the South China Sea.
Citing expert analysis, the state-run Global Times, affiliated with the People’s Daily, the mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party, claimed on the 6th that Prime Minister Kishida’s visit to the Philippines and Malaysia was aimed at building security and expanding military power.
The purpose of Prime Minister Kishida’s visit is to strengthen security cooperation with China’s expansion in mind, not economic and trade cooperation.
Dazhigang, director of the Northeast Asian Research Institute of the Heilongjiang Academy of Social Sciences, said, “Kishida’s visit will allow the two South China Sea countries to challenge China and gradually intervene in the Taiwan issue, while at the same time helping the United States select prospective members of the ‘Asian NATO’.” “It is to help.”
He said, “Unlike the Philippines, ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) member countries, such as Malaysia, maintain stable relations with China,” and “Japan’s actions will not only worsen the division in ASEAN but also increase tensions in the South China Sea.” .
China and the Philippines have recently been clashing over sovereignty over the South China Sea.
The newspaper particularly paid attention to the fact that the relationship between the two countries has in fact been upgraded to the level of a ‘quasi-alliance’, with Japan and the Philippines deciding to begin negotiations to conclude a ‘Reciprocal Access Agreement’ (RAA) that will facilitate mutual deployment of troops.
Foreign troops must go through complicated procedures to operate in the Philippines, but with RAA, troops can be dispatched quickly for training.
One expert told the Global Times, “The signing of the RAA by both countries means that the entry process for the Japan Self-Defense Forces will be simplified and the Self-Defense Forces will be able to transport weapons and ammunition to the Philippines,” adding, “Regular military exercises between Japan and the Philippines will become more frequent.” “It is,” he said.
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