Transport ministers urge better maritime security
Posted on: Thursday, 12 January 2006, 00:51 CST
TOKYO (Reuters) - Representatives of 14 countries including Japan, China, the United States, Indonesia and Malaysia on Thursday urged tighter maritime security to prevent acts of terrorism and piracy.
The call came at a two-day international conference in Tokyo -- site of a deadly sarin gas attack on subways in 1995 -- on ways to improve the security of air, land and sea transport.
"We recognize that acts of terrorism pose a serious threat to international maritime transport and that acts of piracy and armed robbery against ships recur with alarming consequences," a statement issued on behalf of the transport ministers said after an initial session.
"We therefore believe that it is essential to reduce the vulnerability of international maritime transport to such unlawful acts."
Officials said the ministers would also issue statements on air and land transport safety later in the day.
Represented at the meeting are Japan, China, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, Britain, Indonesia, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, the United States and Canada, along with the International Maritime Organization and three other global bodies, officials said.
The only attacks on Japan in recent years have been of domestic origin. In 1995 members of the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult released sarin gas in the Tokyo subway during the morning rush hour, killing 12 people and making more than 5,000 ill.
Source: REUTERS
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