Japan will host the Group of Seven Summit in Hiroshima from Friday to Sunday and will include the decisions taken at the various ministerial meetings it has held since April in the G7 Summit declaration.
The visits of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa to various countries in recent months, along with Tokyo’s invitation to the heads of state or government of the Republic of Korea, India, Vietnam, Indonesia, Australia, the Cook Islands, the Comoros and Brazil to visit Japan, reflect the country’s intention to create the “right” atmosphere for the G7 Summit.
But the fact is that Japan’s activities leading up to the summit could create instability in the Asia-Pacific region. Reportedly the G7 nations may discuss ways to impose more sanctions on Russia, provide more assistance for Ukraine and make the semiconductor and rare earth supply chains more efficient.
And many of the issues to be discussed may be directly or indirectly related to China. For example, the G7 countries may continue to hype up the “China threat” theory with an eye to promote the United States’ “Indo-Pacific” strategy. They are also likely to attach greater importance to China’s activities in the South and East China seas in a bid to highlight the risk of a conflict across the Taiwan Strait. Japan has made “Indo-Pacific” security and economic security separate issues for the first time at the summit, reflecting its intention of helping the US expand its “Indo-Pacific” strategy to contain China’s peaceful rise.
Besides, leaders of the US, Japan and the ROK are likely to hold a trilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G7 Summit to discuss economic security issues including how to diversify the cutting-edge semiconductor supply chains.
Source : China Daily
