The requested article has expired, and is no longer available. Any related articles, and user comments are shown below.
© KYODOJapan PM's special adviser to visit central Asia as envoy for 11 days
TOKYO©2025 GPlusMedia Inc.
The requested article has expired, and is no longer available. Any related articles, and user comments are shown below.
© KYODO
6 Comments
Login to comment
kurisupisu
How’s the shopping in Central Asia?
JJE
This is Russia and China's backyard.
He won't get far.
isabelle
This is a very good move, along with recent, similar outreaches by India, the EU, and the US.
With Russia's regional influence massively declining due to Putin's disastrous Ukraine folly, and huge suspicions over China, it's natural for Central Asia to want more reliable partners.
deanzaZZR
That is an interesting theory. My takeaway from this long form interview of Kazakhstan's President Tokayev last year during his visit to Beijing gives me a very different impression. Tokayev speaks fondly of his years as a student and diplomat living in China and the importance of China to the economic development and prosperity of the region. Kazakhstan is far and away the most important country in Central Asia. https://youtu.be/YkSTOwRX2js?si=GQPBuJUvpw2dtnUY
JJE
A faceless bureaucrat no one has ever heard of is hardly a serious diplomatic initiative.
Important to note the article mentions the previous PM canned his trip to the same region with the convenient excuse of an earthquake.
kurisupisu
Japan is so late to the party that it’s almost time to go home.
Better to bolster present ties instead of taking trips that won’t end in anything productive.