Balance of power key for regional peace: Vivian Balakrishnan

Tokyo

RECENT developments in the South China Sea have created tensions, but confrontation is not inevitable - provided a balance of power can be kept among major nations of the region, Singapore's Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan suggested in Tokyo on Tuesday.

In a speech to the Japan-Singapore Symposium on the 50th anniversary of the restoration of post-war diplomatic relations between the two countries, he expressed Singapore's support for Prime M…