The foreign ministers' meeting of the EAS = East Asia Summit, in which member countries of the ASEAN = Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Japan, the United States, China, etc. participated, will be held in Cambodia, and it is expected that discussions will be exchanged on issues such as the growing tensions in Taiwan.
The Foreign Ministers' Meeting of the East Asia Summit was held in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, on the 5th, and foreign ministers of ASEAN member countries, Japan's Foreign Minister Hayashi, US Secretary of State Brinken, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi, and Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov attended. attended.
At the beginning of the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cambodia Prak Sokhonn of Cambodia, the host country, addressed the situation in Ukraine and the situation in Taiwan, where tensions are rising due to the visit of Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi. We believe in the peace and security of this region and the rest of the world," he said.
At the conference, in addition to the situation in Taiwan, it is expected that regional situations such as the South China Sea, where China is strengthening its maritime expansion, will be discussed.
Regarding the situation in Taiwan, ASEAN issued a statement on the 3rd that it was concerned about conflicts between major powers and called for refraining from provocative actions, while supporting the "One China" policy. Attention will be paid to the direction of the discussion.