At the ASEAN Summit in Malaysia, the 64-year-old new Japanese Prime Minister sanae takaichi wore a light-colored suit, which was particularly conspicuous among the male leaders in all dark suits. Gusmão, the 79-year-old Prime Minister of East Timor, suddenly bent her knees and kissed her hand. She was first surprised, then smiled and cooperated to complete this cross-cultural interaction.
October 26, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, at the ASEAN Summit. Japanese Prime Minister Saami Takashi, who had just taken office a week ago, became the center of attention-her diplomatic debut.
As the only female leader at the scene, she not only stood in the C position when taking photos with ASEAN leaders, but also staged an "idol drama" with the Prime Minister of East Timor, which attracted leaders of surrounding countries. Smiling.
01 Diplomatic debut: breaking the ice with a smile
Takashi Zaomiao has done his homework in his diplomatic debut. On October 26, she appeared at the 47th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This was her first overseas visit since being elected Prime Minister of Japan.
When Kaoshi arrived in Malaysia, he was wearing a light-colored suit, making him particularly conspicuous among the male leaders who were all in dark suits.
Before the meeting began, she smiled and took the initiative to interact with heads of state to show strong affinity.
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar paid special tribute to Takashi at the beginning of the meeting and said humorously: "My wife and daughters all fully support you!" The atmosphere in the audience was relaxed for a while.
Gao responded with a smile in English: "Thank you!" although it was just a simple thank you, this interaction immediately drew the distance from each other.
02 Unfortunate Plot: kissing gifts and stickers
The most striking picture of the summit is nothing more than the interaction of High Market Mornington and East Timor Prime Minister Shana Gusman.
At that time, the host Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar was introducing other guests to sanae takaichi. When introducing the Prime Minister of East Timor, the 79-year-old with white hair and white beard made an unexpected move.
He first pressed the costume button, then slightly bowed to his knees, and gently kissed the back of the high market early.
In the face of this sudden kissing hand, the high market was obviously somewhat surprised, but still cooperated low-headedly.
Immediately afterwards, Gusman went further, gently grabbed the high-market morning sunset, leaned the body forward, and again came a greeting.The high-market morning sunset although the heart may have a little resistance, but still kept the smile on the face.
The other leaders around him also laughed and watched the scene, and someone took pictures with their phones and left the unlikely picture.
Appears at position 03 C: Full of aura
In the group photo session between ASEAN and Japanese leaders, takaichi sanae was arranged to stand in the C position in the middle, surrounded by a number of male heads of state, and the scene was full of anger.
This location arrangement has sparked popularity among Japanese netizens, and it has been found that she was "colored in color, and the spring wind of the face is good."
As Japan's first female prime minister, Takashi Saami stands out on the male-dominated international political stage.
Her performance has also been acknowledged at home and abroad. Following the meeting, she revealed: “The Prime Minister of High City attaches great importance to the ASEAN gesture and has clearly communicated it to the leaders of all countries. This is a successful diplomacy with laughter and trust.”
Policy continuation: mainly playing the FOIP concept
In addition to the high-profile etiquette interactions, Takashi Saami's policy statement at the summit also attracted much attention.
In her speech, she emphasized that she would continue the "* * Free and Open Indo-Pacific Concept * *" (FOIP) proposed by the late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2016.
In his speech, Gao said, “It is very pleasing to be able today to pass a joint statement with ASEAN leaders to form a synergy between FOIP and AOIP and to confirm the willingness of Japan to advance ASEAN cooperation.”
She also said, “Next year is the time when late Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe proposed the 10th anniversary of the FOIP in 2016.We will take this opportunity to reposition the FOIP as Japan’s diplomatic pillar and keep it up with the times.”
In addition to maritime security, the company also promised to promote cooperation in areas such as disaster prevention and humanitarian cooperation, and to expand defense equipment assistance to countries close to the concept through the "Government Security Capability Enhancement Support" mechanism (OSA).
05 Pragmatic cooperation: bilateral talks held intensively
In the gap between the summit and the summit, Cao Cao also held a series of bilateral talks, showing her importance to relations with Southeast Asian countries.
During the talks, she met with Prime Minister范明政, the prime minister of the Vietnamese government, and suggested that Japan continue to provide official development aid funding to support Vietnam’s implementation of key infrastructure projects.
Takaichi sanae fully agreed with Fan Mingzheng's cooperation proposal, and reiterated that the Japanese government always attached importance to and prioritized the development of relations with Vietnam.
These talks showed Takaichi Sanae's willingness to promote substantive cooperation with ASEAN countries, not only at the level of diplomatic etiquette, but also in specific areas of cooperation.
06 High domestic support rate: more than half of the polls
Takaichi Sanae's confident performance on the international stage is behind the high domestic support rate.
According to the ANN weekend poll, the support rate of Takaichi's cabinet is as high as 58.7%, which is much higher than the 21.8% who don't support it.
This figure soared by 24.4 percentage points * * from the last survey of Ishiba's cabinet last month, which shows that the Japanese people have high expectations for the new prime minister.
Mr. Gao said: “If the people expect something from me, then they must do what they have said and I will move forward with the belief of ‘executing, executing, re-executing’.”
After the summit, Takashi Takashi hurriedly returned to Japan, preparing to welcome another much-watched guest-U.S. President Trump.
It was revealed that she had prepared a special gift for Trump: Shinzo Abe's "golf clubs used during his lifetime" and "gold-plated golf balls."
For the first show of this ASEAN Summit, from a hand-kissing ceremony to a group photo taken at the C position, Takashi Saami successfully demonstrated the unique charm of Japan's first female prime minister on the international stage.
But the substantive cooperation behind the diplomatic arena-infrastructure aid negotiations with Vietnam, FOIP cooperation with ASEAN is the real test for this new prime minister.