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Japan’s Asahi Shimbun reported today (eighth) that US media said US President Biden would invite Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to visit the White House in April. Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Kato Katsunobu revealed today that the current schedule for the visit to the United States has yet to be decided. According to people familiar with the matter, US Secretary of State Blincoln and Secretary of Defense Austin also plan to visit Japan this month for a “2 + 2” (2 plus 2) Dialogue on foreign policy and regional security.
The US political news website AXIOS reported on the 7th that US President Biden will invite Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to visit the US starting in April. Many Japanese media today have quoted this AXIOS story. The Sankei Shimbun noted that in view of the CCP’s hegemonic threat, future talks between Biden and Yoshihide Suga will clearly announce to the international community that the US will position the US Japan’s relationship as India: the stone. cornerstone of peace and stability in the Pacific.
The AXIOS report noted that Yoshihide Suga’s specific visit schedule will be finalized based on the epidemic situation. Biden plans to meet Yoshihide Suga at the White House in April, but it may also be after May.
Katsunobu Kato also stated that Yoshihide Suga’s visit to the United States and the meeting between the leaders of the United States and Japan will be organized as soon as possible based on the recent development of the COVID-19 epidemic in the two countries. Relevant sources said that Yoshihide Suga is likely to become the first foreign head of state to meet after Bi took the stage.
Japanese sources said that the important point of this invitation for Yoshihide Suga to visit the United States and the talks with Biden is that it may allow potential allies and opponents, including the CCP, to see that the “US-Japan alliance” still It is in the aftermath of World War II: the core of the Pacific security architecture.
Biden is also scheduled to hold a video summit of the “Quadruple Security Dialogue” (Quad) between the United States, Japan, India and Australia with Suga Yoshihide, Indian Prime Minister Modi and Australian Prime Minister Morrison this week. This is Biden’s first leadership summit since he took office in January, and the first Sifang Dialogue summit since its establishment in 2007.
At the same time, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin also plan to visit Japan this month to discuss foreign policy and security. An anonymous person familiar with the matter revealed that Brinken and Austin will have a “2 + 2” (2 plus 2) dialogue with Japanese counterpart officials. The last 2 + 2 dialogue between the United States and Japan was held in Washington in April 2019.
