HANOI – Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh agreed Thursday to deepen cooperation on maritime security as China’s militarization of the South China Sea continues, Japanese officials said.
Kishida and Minh, who doubles as foreign minister, also confirmed the need for members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to be united on the South China Sea issue, they said.
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