Japan, Philippines vow to strengthen security ties
Japan and the Philippines vowed Wednesday to strengthen security cooperation to address China's actions in the South China Sea amid speculation that incoming US President Donald Trump will scale back security commitments in Asia.
Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said the new Tokyo government was committed to "realizing a free and open Indo-Pacific," following a meeting in Manila with the Philippine Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo.
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Japan and the Philippines vowed Wednesday to strengthen security cooperation to address China's actions in the South China Sea amid speculation that incoming US President Donald Trump will scale back security commitments in Asia.
Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said the new Tokyo government was committed to "realizing a free and open Indo-Pacific," following a meeting in Manila with the Philippine Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo.
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00:00As the Minister and I discussed this afternoon, we come, of course, to the understanding that
00:09our geopolitical security environment is growing more and more complex and challenging.
00:15And in this regard, the Minister and I acknowledge, therefore, that our countries, we face similar
00:20challenges and we also reaffirmed our effort to pursue regional peace and stability.
00:28So therefore, we reaffirmed our country's commitment to international law and the rule
00:34of law, a rules-based order, especially in the South China Sea and East China Sea.
00:39And we expressed also concern over unilateral actions that aim to undermine the rule of
00:45law in the East and South China Sea.