BANGKOK, July 10 (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Tokyo on Monday to offer his condolences to the Japanese people over the death of former prime minister Shinzo Abe, the State Department said in a statement on Sunday. communicated
Antony Blinken will meet senior Japanese officials, the statement said.
The US Secretary of State was in Bangkok after attending the G20 summit which took place Thursday and Friday in Bali, Indonesia.
“The alliance between the United States and Japan is the cornerstone of peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific, and it has never been stronger,” the State Department said.
Shinzo Abe was shot dead on Friday as he delivered a campaign speech in the western Japanese city of Nara ahead of Sunday’s senatorial elections. (Report David Brunnstrom; French version Camille Raynaud)