Abe's South China Sea meddling doomed to fail

Currently on a four-nation tour of Europe, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is seeking the support of European countries in his bid to get the South China Sea disputes on the agenda for the G7 summit, to be held in Italy in May.

Given that neither Japan nor any European countries are directly involved in the maritime disputes in the South China Sea, Abe is showing his desire to meddle in the issue for his own ends.

This is not the first time that Abe has tried to hijack the G7 agenda and sought to internationalize the South China Sea disputes to serve his ulterior political purposes. Abe has been relentlessly pushing to get Japan deeply involved in the South China Sea disputes to justify his country's bigger military presence in the international arena.