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View all search resultsJapan won’t join NATO, but aware of liaison office plan: PM
In response, the Asia-Pacific region did not welcome NATO’s plan to open a liaison office in Japan, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said at a press briefing on Wednesday, after Japan acknowledged NATO’s plan.
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apanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday that his country had no plans to become a NATO member, but acknowledged the security alliance’s plan to open a liaison office in Japan.
Kishida’s comments come after the Japanese ambassador to the United States said earlier this month that the United States-led military pact was planning a Tokyo office, its first in Asia, to facilitate consultations in the region.
“I am not aware of any decision made” at NATO regarding the establishment of the office, Kishida told a Wednesday parliamentary session, adding that the country was not planning to join NATO as a member or semi-member state, Reuters reported.
In response, the Asia-Pacific region did not welcome NATO’s plan to open a liaison office in Japan, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said at a press briefing on Wednesday, after Japan acknowledged NATO’s plan.
“We want to say that the Asia-Pacific does not welcome group confrontation, does not welcome military confrontation,” Mao said.
She also said Japan should be “extra cautious on the issue of military security”, given its “history of aggression”.
Japan hosted the Group of Seven summit over the weekend in Hiroshima, where the leaders of rich democracies agreed to “de-risk, not decouple” economic engagement with China and reaffirmed the importance of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.
