09-15-2015, 03:21 PM
Tue Sep 15, 2015 | 9:44 AM EDT
TOKYO (Reuters) -
Vietnam agreed with Japan on Tuesday to step up security cooperation, becoming the latest Southeast Asian country to seek closer ties with Tokyo as China maintains an assertive posture in disputed waters in the
South China Sea.
The agreement between Japanese Prime
Minister Shinzo Abe and Vietnam's Communist
Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong comes after a
U.S. expert said on Monday China appeared to be carrying out preparatory work for a third
airstrip in contested territory in the South China Sea.
[ID: nL1N11K26F]
China has overlapping claims with Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Taiwan and Brunei in the South China Sea.
It is also embroiled in a row with Japan over a group of East China Sea islets.
Earlier this year, Japan reached an agreement
with Malaysia and the Philippines to strengthen security ties.
"I find it highly meaningful that we have shared
serious concerns over the continuation of
unilateral behaviors that change the status quo
and escalate tensions, such as large-scale
reclamation and building of outposts in the
South China Sea," Abe told a joint news conference, without naming China.
Japan also agreed to provide more used ships
to Vietnam, in addition to six it already supplies
to help with maritime patrols.
"We shared understanding that all the disputes
should be resolved through peaceful means,
using international law including the U.N.
Convention on the Law of the Sea," Trong said through an interpreter.
On the economic front, Japan decided to
extend 28.6 billion yen ($239 million) in official
development assistance (ODA) to Vietnam for
building a general hospital in Ho Chi Minh City.
Tokyo also plans to provide Hanoi with further
ODA of about 100 billion yen for transport
infrastructure, a Japanese Foreign Ministry
official said.
($1 = 119.7200 yen)
(Reporting by Kiyoshi Takenaka; Editing by
Mark Trevelyan)
TOKYO (Reuters) -
Vietnam agreed with Japan on Tuesday to step up security cooperation, becoming the latest Southeast Asian country to seek closer ties with Tokyo as China maintains an assertive posture in disputed waters in the
South China Sea.
The agreement between Japanese Prime
Minister Shinzo Abe and Vietnam's Communist
Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong comes after a
U.S. expert said on Monday China appeared to be carrying out preparatory work for a third
airstrip in contested territory in the South China Sea.
[ID: nL1N11K26F]
China has overlapping claims with Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Taiwan and Brunei in the South China Sea.
It is also embroiled in a row with Japan over a group of East China Sea islets.
Earlier this year, Japan reached an agreement
with Malaysia and the Philippines to strengthen security ties.
"I find it highly meaningful that we have shared
serious concerns over the continuation of
unilateral behaviors that change the status quo
and escalate tensions, such as large-scale
reclamation and building of outposts in the
South China Sea," Abe told a joint news conference, without naming China.
Japan also agreed to provide more used ships
to Vietnam, in addition to six it already supplies
to help with maritime patrols.
"We shared understanding that all the disputes
should be resolved through peaceful means,
using international law including the U.N.
Convention on the Law of the Sea," Trong said through an interpreter.
On the economic front, Japan decided to
extend 28.6 billion yen ($239 million) in official
development assistance (ODA) to Vietnam for
building a general hospital in Ho Chi Minh City.
Tokyo also plans to provide Hanoi with further
ODA of about 100 billion yen for transport
infrastructure, a Japanese Foreign Ministry
official said.
($1 = 119.7200 yen)
(Reporting by Kiyoshi Takenaka; Editing by
Mark Trevelyan)
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