- Title: Abe stresses U.S. importance for prosperity in Asia-Pacific
- Date: 16th January 2017
- Summary: HANOI, VIETNAM (JANUARY 16, 2017) (REUTERS) ****WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** VARIOUS OF JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER SHINZO ABE WALKING IN AND SHAKING HANDS WITH VIETNAMESE COMMUNIST PARTY LEADER, NGUYEN PHU TRONG TRONG WELCOMING JAPANESE DELEGATION VIETNAMESE DELEGATION SEATED AT MEETING MEETING IN PROGRESS TRONG SPEAKING ABE LISTENING ABE AND TRONG AT THE MEETING ABE SPEAKING TRONG LISTENING VARIOUS OF MEETING IN PROGRESS STATUE OF HO CHI MINH, FLANKED BY VIETNAM AND JAPANESE FLAGS ABE WALKING IN, SHAKING HAND WITH VIETNAMESE PRESIDENT TRAN DAI QUANG QUANG WELCOMING THE JAPANESE DELEGATION ABE AND QUANG TAKING SEATS AT MEETING QUANG SPEAKING ABE LISTENING MEETING IN PROGRESS ABE SPEAKING QUANG LISTENING MORE OF ABE SPEAKING VARIOUS OF MEETING IN PROGRESS ABE WALKING TO THE PODIUM AT NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER, SHINZO ABE, SAYING: "We (Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines and Australia) have agreed that the commitment of the United States is vital for the peace and prosperity of the region." REPORTERS (SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER, SHINZO ABE, SAYING: "On security matters, the peaceful resolution of conflict, not resorting to threats or the use of military force, the rule of law and the rite of passage - it is important to uphold these fundamental rules and on the economic front, it is important to create a free and fair market that is fit for the 21st century. For this, we would like to maintain close cooperation with the U.S., ASEAN, India and Australia - parties that share a common value, countries that share a strategic gain." ABE LEAVING PODIUM
- Embargoed: 30th January 2017 15:43
- Keywords: Japan Abe Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong Hanoi
- Location: HANOI, VIETNAM
- City: HANOI, VIETNAM
- Country: Vietnam
- Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA0015ZBXPVP
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:The commitment of the United States is vital for peace and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday (January 16) during a visit to Vietnam, the last destination of his six-day trip to the region.
"We (Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines and Australia) have agreed that the commitment of the United States is vital for the peace and prosperity of the region," he told a news conference in Hanoi, following meetings with Vietnamese ruling Communist Party leader Nguyen Phu Trong and President Tran Dai Quang.
"On security matters, the peaceful resolution of conflict, not resorting to threats or the use of military force, the rule of law and the rite of passage - it is important to uphold these fundamental rules and on the economic front, it is important to create a free and fair market that is fit for the 21st century. For this, we would like to maintain close cooperation with the U.S., ASEAN, India and Australia - parties that share a common value, countries that share a strategic gain," Abe said.
Abe's stop in Vietnam completes a tour through an arc of a region where Japan stakes a leadership claim in the face of China's growing dominance and uncertainty over what policy change Donald Trump will bring as U.S. president.
China claims almost all the South China Sea, through which about $5 trillion worth of seaborne trade passes every year. Vietnam and four other countries also say they have rights in the sea, believed to have rich deposits of oil and gas.
Tokyo has no territorial ambitions there, but worries about China's growing military reach into the sea lanes. Japan has a separate dispute with China over a cluster of islets in the East China Sea. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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