Japanese media reported that the French Navy-led “La Perouse” (La Perouse) multinational joint exercise, this year, in addition to The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force, the United States and the Australian Navy to participate in addition to India will also participate for the first Time. The newspaper pointed out that the U.S., Japan, Australia and India Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) held its first summit last month 12, emphasizing cooperation against China’s military hegemony, the joint exercise also seems to convey the message that cooperation is not limited to these four countries, the “Asian version of NATO” has taken shape.
Japan’s Fuji Evening News reported that the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force participated in the Laperouse exercise for the first time in 2019, with the participation of four fleets from Japan, the United States, Australia and France, and this year it is scheduled to be held in the Persian Gulf from the 4th to the 7th of this month.
The Indian Embassy in France yesterday indicated that it will participate in this year’s exercise and stressed that the joint exercise of the five countries will be an opportunity to promote “free and open Indo-Pacific” cooperation.
The newspaper pointed out that France has overseas territories in the Indian Ocean and the South Pacific, and is in agreement with the United States, Japan, India and Australia on the development of China’s maritime hegemony. In February this year, the French Navy cruiser, also in the East China Sea west of Kyushu, with the Maritime Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Navy to conduct joint exercises.
According to Takashi Kawakami, director of the Institute of Overseas Studies at Takushoku University, the joint military exercise can be seen as an attempt to expand the collective security system in a radial manner with Quad as the core, in line with the Biden administration’s attitude of “attaching importance to allies”. The protection of the Indo-Pacific free navigation is directly related to the interests of Europe, so not only France, Britain and Germany and other countries are scheduled to send their fleets to participate, the future may also be developed into an “Asian version of NATO” to counterbalance China, the key is the strength of this framework can reach what level.
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