Japanese and Vietnamese leaders discuss South China Sea security

Record ID: 164432

  • Title: Japanese and Vietnamese leaders discuss South China Sea security
  • Date: 16th January 2017
  • Summary: ****WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** JAPANESE AND VIETNAMESE FLAGS VARIOUS OF ABE AND PHUC SHAKING HANDS VARIOUS OF ABE AND PHUC IN PHOTO OP WITH SPOUSES STATUE OF FORMER VIETNAM LEADER HO CHI MINH ABE WALKING INTO MEETING ROOM JAPANESE FLAG ON TABLE PHUC SPEAKING ABE LISTENING AND SMILING MORE OF PHUC SPEAKING VARIOUS OF ABE SPEAKING PHUC LISTENING MEETING IN PROGRESS ABE AND PHUC WALKING DOWN THE STEPS ABE AND PHUC AT THE PRESS BRIEFING (SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) JAPAN PRIME MINISTER, SHINZO ABE, SAYING: "Regarding the South China Sea issues, Japan welcomes dialogues among nations involved. Japan also agreed with Vietnam that the dialogues must be based on the international law and about the importance of demilitarisation and self-restraint in the South China Sea." VIETNAMESE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS PHAM BINH MINH AT THE PRESS BRIEFING (SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) JAPAN PRIME MINISTER, SHINZO ABE, SAYING: "Japan and Vietnam will enhance mutual tie in security and cooperation in defence. Receiving Vietnamese government's request, Japan has decided to provide with a newly built patrol ship. We will strongly support Vietnam's capability to enforce its maritime law." JAPANESE DELEGATIONS VARIOUS OF OFFICIALS EXCHANGING DOCUMENTS MORE OF JAPANESE DELEGATION ABE OFFICIALS EXCHANGING HANDSHAKE AND PHOTO OP WITH ABE AND PHUC
  • Embargoed: 30th January 2017 14:00
  • Keywords: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Hanoi Vietnam Prime Minister state visit South East Asia international relation Nguyen Xuan Phuc
  • Location: HANOI, VIETNAM
  • City: HANOI, VIETNAM
  • Country: Vietnam
  • Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA0035ZBXLXH
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe received a state welcoming ceremony in Hanoi, Vietnam on Monday (January 16).
    Vietnam is the last leg of his six-day Asia-Pacific tour, aimed at bolstering security cooperation amid tensions on the South China Sea.
    In Vietnam, Abe announced that Japan would supply six new patrol boats to Vietnam, which too is locked in a dispute with China over the disputed South China Sea territories.
    China has put many nearby nations on alert after it laid claim on almost the entire South China Sea, through which about $5 trillion worth of goods passes every year.
    Neighbours Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam also have claims.
    Abe held talks with his counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc and is scheduled to meet with other top leaders such as President Tran Dai Quang and ruling Communist Party leader Nguyen Phu Trong on the same day.
    After the meeting, Abe and Phuc attended a ceremony where the two countries signed various agreements on cooperation in the fields of economy, trade, investment, official development assistance, adaptation to climate change and national defence and security.
    Abe's stop in Vietnam completes a tour through an arc of the 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.
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