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Tokyo, Oct 8 (EFE) .- Fumio Kishida, the new Prime Minister of Japan, highlighted this Friday in his first speech to the nation the diplomatic keys of the new Government, focused on the bilateral alliance with the United States, as well as on the dialogue with China and North Korea.
Japan advocates “a free and open Indo-Pacific” in collaboration with the US, its historical partner in the region, but also alongside Australia and India, according to the prime minister’s statements, Kishida said.
The new conservative Japanese leader thus alluded to the term coined by Tokyo and Washington to counteract China’s military boom in that region, a strategy that also includes the recent boost to the “Quad”, a group of countries made up of Japan, EE. .US., Australia and India.
Kishida then underlined the importance of “maintaining a stable relationship with China for both countries, the region and the international community”, and at the same time that he demanded “responsibility in the acts” he affirmed that he will continue to “dialogue to collaborate and seek solutions to issues. common “.
“We cannot accept North Korea’s missile development,” the Japanese prime minister said firmly.
However, he pointed to “a normalization of relations with the neighboring country, breaking with the past”, thus leaving a door open for dialogue “without conditions” with the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un.
On the other hand, Kishida stressed the role of Japan in defending free trade, given the rise of global protectionism.
Fumio Kishida, with roots in Hiroshima and former foreign minister during US President Obama’s historic visit to the first city bombarded with a nuclear weapon, also took the opportunity to emphasize his interest in leading the international community in pursuit of “a world without nuclear weapons”.
Through a new committee, Kishida will seek to serve as a bridge between countries with and without nuclear weapons, taking into account Japan’s role as the only bombed country. However, the Japanese government still does not ratify the Treaty on the Protection of Nuclear Weapons approved by the UN in 2017 and ratified by 50 countries. EFE
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