ASEAN-MALAYSIA/JAPAN-CANADA ASEAN foreign ministers meet representatives from Japan and Canada

Record ID: 144923

  • Title: ASEAN-MALAYSIA/JAPAN-CANADA ASEAN foreign ministers meet representatives from Japan and Canada
  • Date: 5th August 2015
  • Summary: KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA (AUGUST 5, 2015) (AGENCY POOL) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** FLAGS OF ASEAN MEMBER STATES JAPANESE STATE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, MINORU KIUCHI, SPEAKING TO PHILIPPINES FOREIGN MINISTER, ALBERTO DEL ROSARIO BRUNEI'S FOREIGN MINISTER, PRINCE MOHAMED BOLKIAH, AND INDONESIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER, RETNO MARSUDI, SPEAKING JAPANESE FLAG VARIOU
  • Embargoed: 20th August 2015 13:00
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  • Location: Malaysia
  • Country: Malaysia
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA5ZTQ5I089JNWN7OI51STWAU5Q
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Foreign ministers from the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) met representatives from Japan and Canada on Wednesday (August 5) in two separate ministerial meetings in Kuala Lumpur.
    Japan and Canada are both in Malaysia, which is hosting this year's annual ASEAN meeting.
    Canada's Deputy Foreign Minister Daniel Jean and Japan's State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Minoru Kiuchi, took to the stage with ASEAN delegates for a photo opportunity at the start of their respective meetings, before sitting down for talks.
    Issues related to World War Two and territorial disputes were expected to be on the agenda during Japan's ministerial meeting.
    Japanese media has reported Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida will be meeting the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the sidelines of the ASEAN talks. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry also met Wang earlier on Wednesday.
    China said it didn't want the South China Sea dispute raised at this week's ASEAN meetings, but some Southeast Asian ministers including from host Malaysia rebuffed that call, saying on Tuesday (August 4) that the issue was too important to ignore.
    Last month, Japan called on China to halt construction of oil-and-gas exploration platforms in the East China Sea close to waters claimed by both nations, concerned that Chinese drills could tap reservoirs that extend into Japanese territory.
    China claims most of the South China Sea, through which $5 trillion in ship-borne trade passes every year. The Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan and Brunei have overlapping claims.
    Founded in 1967 in the midst of Cold War conflicts, insurgencies and coups in Southeast Asia, ASEAN has become the region's most successful grouping, credited with preventing strife and promoting a surge in trade and investment.
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