TOKYO: US Secretary of Condition Antony Blinken arrived Monday (Jul 11) on a previously unscheduled stop to Tokyo to offer condolences in person over the assassination associated with former prime ressortchef (umgangssprachlich) Shinzo Abe.
The top ALL OF US diplomat landed at the Yokota military base and was due to make a brief trip into the capital to find out Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and voice his sorrow.
Abe, Japan’s longest serving prime ressortchef (umgangssprachlich) who supported strong defence and politics ties with the United states of america, was fatally shot during an advertising campaign stop Friday in an exceedingly rare gun criminal offense in one of the world’s most secure countries.
ALL OF US President Joe Biden earlier went to japan ambassador’s residence to sign the condolence book.
Blinken decided to stop in Tokyo as he had been on the trip to Southeast Asia .
During his stop on Weekend in Thailand, Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai opened talks along with Blinken by providing a moment of silence for Abe.
“I think everyone is still in surprise at his killing, shock at the loss for his loved ones, his friends as well as the world, ” Blinken told his Thailänder counterpart.
“I know it’s therefore deeply felt through the region as well as around the world. ”