Abe to visit 3 S.E. Asia nations from July 25
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to visit Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines later this month to discuss with their leaders economic and security cooperation, a Japanese government source said Tuesday.
The three-day trip will start on July 25 after Japan's House of Councillors election on July 21. Abe aims to further enhance economic and security ties with members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, following his trips earlier this year to Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia and Myanmar, the source said.
China's maritime assertiveness has amounted to a major security concern for some Asian countries. Malaysia and the Philippines are in territorial rows with China in the South China Sea, while Japan faces strong opposition from Beijing over its control of a group of islands in the East China Sea.
Abe's latest trip comes as China is apparently trying to avoid being isolated in the region over such security issues.
Late last month, foreign ministers from China and the ASEAN agreed to talk on creating a legally binding code of conduct that would help prevent conflicts in the South China Sea.
==Kyodo
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