{"id":14120,"date":"2025-01-12T11:24:51","date_gmt":"2025-01-12T11:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=14120"},"modified":"2025-01-12T11:24:51","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T11:24:51","slug":"japan-foreign-minister-iwaya-says-he-will-attend-trump-inauguration-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/asia\/asia-pacific\/japan\/japan-foreign-minister-iwaya-says-he-will-attend-trump-inauguration-ceremony\/2025\/01\/12\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan Foreign Minister Iwaya says he will attend Trump inauguration ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-0\">\u00a0Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said on Sunday he planned to attend Donald Trump&#8217;s inauguration as U.S. president on Jan. 20, as Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba&#8217;s government hopes to maintain close ties with its security ally.<\/div>\n<div class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-1\">&#8220;We aim to build a relationship of trust with the Trump administration securely,&#8221; Iwaya told a talk show on public broadcaster NHK. He said he was seeking a meeting with Senator Marco Rubio, Trump&#8217;s pick to be secretary of state.<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body__element__2p5pI\">\n<div class=\"spacing-container__container__2g5QT spacing-container__t-spacing-single-three-quarters__2_moJ spacing-container__b-spacing-single-three-quarters__1fuBK spacing-container__max-width__zScFd\" data-testid=\"ResponsiveAdSlot\">\n<div class=\"ad-slot__container__FEnoz ad-slot__fixed-height__6m70D\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-2\">India and Australia also announced that their foreign ministers would attend the swearing-in as Trump returns to the White House.<\/div>\n<div class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-3\">It will be Iwaya&#8217;s first visit to the United States since he became foreign minister in October. Japan, a longtime U.S. ally that enjoyed good relations with Trump during his first administration, is keen to get off to a good start in his second.<\/div>\n<div class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-4\">Ishiba is looking into visiting the United States as early as in the first half of February for his first summit with Trump, Japan&#8217;s Yomiuri Shimbun reported on Sunday.<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body__element__2p5pI\">\n<div class=\"spacing-container__container__2g5QT spacing-container__t-spacing-single-three-quarters__2_moJ spacing-container__b-spacing-single-three-quarters__1fuBK spacing-container__max-width__zScFd\" data-testid=\"ResponsiveAdSlot\">\n<div class=\"ad-slot__container__FEnoz ad-slot__fixed-height__6m70D\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-5\">Ishiba\u00a0<a class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__inherit-color__3208F text__inherit-font__1Y8w3 text__inherit-size__1DZJi link__link__3Ji6W link__underline_default__2prE_\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/japan-pm-ishiba-seeking-meeting-with-trump-us-this-month-2024-11-07\/\" data-testid=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unsuccessfully sought<\/a>\u00a0a meeting in November, shortly after Trump beat Joe Biden in a presidential comeback, sources told Reuters at the time.<\/div>\n<div class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-6\">Iwaya said he aimed to meet with other senior officials from the incoming administration to lay the groundwork for an Ishiba visit.<\/div>\n<div class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-7\">Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar will attend the inauguration at the invitation of the Trump team and meet with members of his incoming administration, his ministry said in a statement.<\/div>\n<div class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-8\">Penny Wong, foreign minister of fellow U.S. Pacific ally Australia, said on Sunday she would attend Trump&#8217;s inauguration, calling it &#8220;an important opportunity to discuss how we can advance the benefits of our strong economic and security partnership and expand our cooperation&#8221;.<\/div>\n<div class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-9\">She has said Australia&#8217;s centre-left Labor government was confident of its alliance with the United States, its biggest security partner, under the incoming Republican administration.<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said on Sunday he planned to attend Donald Trump&#8217;s inauguration as U.S. president on Jan. 20, as Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba&#8217;s government hopes to maintain close ties with its security ally. &#8220;We aim to build a relationship of trust with the Trump administration securely,&#8221; 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