Japan PM offers to assist in Marawi and Rakkhine State

Record ID: 937414

  • Title: Japan PM offers to assist in Marawi and Rakkhine State
  • Date: 13th November 2017
  • Summary: MANILA, PHILIPPINES (NOVEMBER 13, 2017) (HOST BROADCAST POOL) PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT, RODRIGO DUTERTE, ARRIVING AT MEETING DUTERTE INTRODUCING JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER, SHINZO ABE VARIOUS OF ASEAN (ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS) LEADERS SEATED (SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER SHINZO ABE, SAYING: "In response to the rising threat of terrorism in Asia Jap
  • Embargoed: 27th November 2017 12:15
  • Keywords: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte North Korea Marawi Rakhine State
  • Location: MANILA, PHILIPPINES
  • City: MANILA, PHILIPPINES
  • Country: Philippines
  • Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA00177B5K5J
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told leaders of the Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) gathered in Manila on Monday (November 13) that Japan was ready to assist in helping them deal with militant groups and extremists, as well as cooperating with the Myanmar government to deal with the Rakhine State problem.
    A draft of a statement to be issued after the Southeast Asian summit, however, makes no mentioning of the exodus of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar's Rakhine state following a military crackdown that has been described by the United Nations as ethnic cleansing.
    One paragraph of the communique, seen by Reuters on Monday, mentions the importance of humanitarian relief provided for victims of natural disasters in Vietnam and a recent urban battle with Islamist militants in the Philippines, as well as "affected communities" in northern Rakhine state.
    Abe joined the ten leaders of the ASEAN and also called on enhancing pressure on North Korea to make it abandon its nuclear and missile programme. He has been meeting with other leaders at the summit to talk about the rising North Korean issues in East Asia.
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