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Blinken: Abe Assassination 'Profoundly Disturbing'

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United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends a press conference at the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin, Germany, on June 24. (Mika Savolainen/Getty Images)

Friday, 08 July 2022 07:00 AM EDT

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday "shocking" and "profoundly disturbing" and described him as a leader of great vision.

Blinken made the comment at the start of a trilateral meeting with his Japanese and South Korean counterparts on the sidelines of a meeting of Group of 20 foreign ministers in Bali.

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday "shocking" and "profoundly disturbing" and described him as a leader of great vision.
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