PM Modi, Suga discuss China aggression in Indo-Pacific region ANI | Updated: Apr 27, 2021 22:47 IST
Tokyo [Japan], April 27 (ANI): Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga had voiced grave concerns over China s aggressive actions in surrounding waters in phone talks with Indian counterpart Narendra Modi.
According to Kyodo News, Suga on Monday relayed Tokyo s worries about Beijing s intensifying unilateral attempts to change the status quo in the East and South China seas, including the recent introduction of a law allowing its coast guard to use weapons against ships it views as intruding into its territory, according to the Foreign Ministry.
The leaders affirmed the importance of Japan and India cooperating to realize a free and open Indo-Pacific region, the ministry said, along with other countries including the United States and Australia.
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Published April 21, 2021, 5:12 PM
Malacañang said it understood the decision behind the cancelation of the planned official visit of Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide to the Philippines but expressed confidence that the relationship between the two countries will only continue to strengthen.
Japan’s new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga attends his first press conference in Tokyo on September 16, 2020. (Photo by Carl Court / various sources / AFP / FILE PHOTO)
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the statement after Suga on Wednesday called off a planned visit to both the Philippines and India supposedly due to the resurgence of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Japan.