Statement by the President of the East Asia Summit November 6 at 6:07

ASEAN = Southeast Asian Union countries and 18 countries such as Japan, China and the United States participated in the announcement of the Chair of the East Asia Summit held in Thailand on the 4th. In order to restrain China's advance into the South China Sea, the strong expressions that were initially considered were weakened, and the content was designed in consideration of China, which showed its presence at the conference.

The East Asia Summit was held near Bangkok, Thailand, and discussed the issue of the South China Sea, where China and the United States violently fought, and the denuclearization of North Korea.

The statement uses the same expression as last year's Chairman's statement, saying that “China is creating an artificial island in the South China Sea and is moving to a military base,” he said. It was

In terms of this expression, at first, the expression of serious concern about continued militarization was being considered, but expression that strongly restrained China was considered, but as a result it was weakened.

In addition, regarding the rules that ASEAN and China are trying to make in order to prevent conflicts in the South China Sea, initially, the draft statement contains language to prevent the involvement of foreign countries including Japan and the United States. Was eventually removed from the Chairman's statement.

In the background, while neither the president nor the vice-president attended the meeting and the dispatch of an aide to the president, China, as usual, was attended by Prime Minister Lee Keqiang. It seems that there has been.

On the other hand, the chairman's statement urged the continuation and resumption of the stagnation of the US-North Korea discussions on the issue of North Korea ’s denuclearization, and included a request to resolve the abduction issue.