Blinken offers condolences to Japanese PM over Abe's assassination

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  • 11 July, 2022
  • 05:28
Blinken offers condolences to Japanese PM over Abe's assassination

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived on a previously unscheduled stop to Tokyo on Monday to offer condolences in person to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida over the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe, Report informs, citing Kyodo.

Before that, Blinken visited the US embassy, where he, together with diplomats, observed a moment's silence in Abe's memory.