Foreign Minister Hayashi, who is visiting the Philippines, will meet with Sara Duterte, the vice president of the new administration that will be launched on the 30th, to keep in mind the trends of China in the East China Sea and South China Sea, and to create a maritime order based on the rule of law. We have confirmed that we will work together to maintain it.
Foreign Minister Hayashi is visiting Manila to attend the inauguration ceremony of President-elect Marcos of the Philippines on the 30th as a special envoy of Prime Minister Kishida, and on the 29th, he is the daughter of the current President Duterte and is in the new administration. I had a meeting with Mr. Sarah, the Vice President.
In this, Minister Hayashi said that Japan and the Philippines are both maritime nations and are strategic partners who share values and interests, and have promoted concrete cooperation for the realization of a free and open Indo-Pacific. I called.
They confirmed that they would work together to maintain the rule of law-based maritime order, keeping in mind China's developments in the East China Sea and South China Sea.
They also agreed to cooperate in dealing with the soaring food prices caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine and North Korea's nuclear and missile problems.