Tokyo, July 22 (Prensa Latina) US National Security Adviser John Bolton held a series of meetings with senior Japanese officials amid growing tensions with Iran.
Bolton met first with Shotaro Yachi, head of the secretariat of the National Security Council of the Asian country, then spoke with Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono, and later with Japanese Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya.
'We had very productive discussions on a wide range of topics,' Bolton told reporters after the meeting with Yachi, although he refused to say if they talked about the situation in the Middle East.
According to the Kyodo news agency, the purpose of Bolton's visit to this capital is to seek the support of Japanese authorities to carry out a plan that contemplates the creation of a coalition to ensure security in the Strait of Hormuz, area where most of the world's oil is overpriced.
For his part, the Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, said he would consider his country's role in that context.
'We need to look closely at the plan of the United States, on what kind of measures will be necessary,' he said Monday at a press conference on the results of Sunday's elections in the upper house.
The tensions Washington and Tehran have increased since the decision of US President Donald Trump to withdraw his country from the 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran and the main world powers.
Peace in the Middle East is a priority for Japan, whose oil needs come from the area and would suffer a total crisis in the face of a war and a closure of the Strait of Hormuz through which 30 percent of world oil passes.
On the other hand, Bolton plans to travel to South Korea tomorrow, where he will be two days and meet with his South Korean counterpart, Chung Eui-yong; Chancellor, Kang Kyung-wha, and Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo.
The purpose of the visit to Seoul will be to address, among other issues, the situation of denuclearization talks with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), as well as mediate in the dispute between Japan and South Korea, Washington's main allies in Asia, who are in the midst of an unprecedented dispute.
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'We had very productive discussions on a wide range of topics,' Bolton told reporters after the meeting with Yachi, although he refused to say if they talked about the situation in the Middle East.
According to the Kyodo news agency, the purpose of Bolton's visit to this capital is to seek the support of Japanese authorities to carry out a plan that contemplates the creation of a coalition to ensure security in the Strait of Hormuz, area where most of the world's oil is overpriced.
For his part, the Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, said he would consider his country's role in that context.
'We need to look closely at the plan of the United States, on what kind of measures will be necessary,' he said Monday at a press conference on the results of Sunday's elections in the upper house.
The tensions Washington and Tehran have increased since the decision of US President Donald Trump to withdraw his country from the 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran and the main world powers.
Peace in the Middle East is a priority for Japan, whose oil needs come from the area and would suffer a total crisis in the face of a war and a closure of the Strait of Hormuz through which 30 percent of world oil passes.
On the other hand, Bolton plans to travel to South Korea tomorrow, where he will be two days and meet with his South Korean counterpart, Chung Eui-yong; Chancellor, Kang Kyung-wha, and Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo.
The purpose of the visit to Seoul will be to address, among other issues, the situation of denuclearization talks with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), as well as mediate in the dispute between Japan and South Korea, Washington's main allies in Asia, who are in the midst of an unprecedented dispute.
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