By NARUMI OTA/ Staff Writer
June 10, 2020 at 17:37 JST
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at a Lower House budget committee meeting on June 9 (Takeshi Iwashita)
Japan has approached the United States about issuing a joint statement of Group of Seven foreign ministers that urges China to maintain its “one country, two systems,” policy for the semi-autonomous region.
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said at a June 9 news conference that Japan will “send a proper message” in tandem with other G-7 countries. The United States is this year's G-7 host nation.
But it is possible that the G-7 effort will not include member nation Italy, due to the assistance China has provided the country to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said June 9 he has been “deeply concerned” by China’s recent move to impose its national security law in Hong Kong.
“It is important for (Hong Kong) to maintain a free and open system and develop democratically and securely,” Abe said during a Lower House budget committee meeting.
“Hong Kong is an important partner (of Japan's), and we have maintained close economic relations and exchanges of personnel and ideas.”
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