Australia, Japan to ramp up engagement in South China Sea
The regional partners have agreed to enhance maritime activities in the South China Sea amid mounting concerns over “destabilising and coercive unilateral actions”, which threaten to “alter the status quo”, Defence Minister Linda Reynolds has revealed.
Australian Minister for Defence Linda Reynolds met with Japan’s newly appointed Minister of Defense Kishi Nobuo in Tokyo on Monday (19 October) to discuss the nations’ ongoing commitment to building close bilateral defence and security ties in the Indo-Pacific, as part of the Japan-Australia Special Strategic Partnership.
Source: https://www.defenceconnect.com.au/key-enablers/7043-australia-japan-to-ramp-up-engagement-in-south-china-sea?utm_source=DefenceConnect&utm_campaign=21_10_20&utm_medium=email&utm_content=1&utm_emailID=155755c57d25d8ece93131a626d9220d1bf56b043f1eaa35f96ed9a5a3caecb5
