Japan, UK concerned about situation in East, South China Sea
(VOVWORLD) - Japan and Britain voiced concern on Wednesday about the situation in the East and South China Sea and opposed any unilateral attempt to change the status quo.
 The four officials have an online meeting about situation in East, South China Sea (Photo: Reuters) |
A joint statement was issued after an online meeting between Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi of Japan and their British counterparts Dominic Raab and Ben Wallace. The joint statement reaffirmed the importance of upholding freedom of navigation and overflight in the South China Sea (called the East Sea in Vietnam) and urged all parties to exercise restraint and refrain from activities likely to raise tensions.
Wallace told Kishi that the UK wants to deepen defense cooperation with Japan and intends to deploy the HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier to the Indo-Pacific later this year.