Asia-Pacific ministerial meeting exposes rift over Taiwan

A regional ministerial meeting bringing together 18 Asia-Pacific countries exposed a rift Friday over China's ongoing military drills near Taiwan in response to a high-level U.S. visit to the island and Russia's invasion of Ukraine, conference sources said.Participants in the foreign ministerial session of the East Asia Summit in Phnom Penh including the United States, Japan, China and Russia traded barbs over the Taiwan issue and Ukraine crisis, they said.Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi urged Beijing to immediately stop the military exercise involving missile launches conducted…READ FULL ARTICLE