Abe Visits Three Middle East Countries Policy to Facilitate Dialogue with Iran January 11 5:13
Prime Minister Abe will visit Saudi Arabia and other three Middle East countries from the 11th to ease tensions and stabilize the situation in the Middle East. We call on the leaders of each country to make diplomatic efforts and encourage dialogue with Iran.
As tensions in the Middle East continue, Prime Minister Abe will visit three countries in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman, from November 11 to this month, to meet with the leaders of each country. I'm going to.
This is a visit shortly after the U.S. killed an Iranian commander and launched a missile attack on U.S. forces in Iraq.
Prime Minister Abe has urged Japan to make diplomatic efforts to stabilize the situation in talks with the leaders of each country and to promote dialogue with Iran.
In addition, I would like to explain the Japanese government's desire to strengthen the information gathering system necessary for ensuring the safety of Japanese vessels on the purpose of dispatching the SDF to the Middle East, and seek to gain understanding and cooperation.
For Japan, which depends on the Middle East for about 90% of its crude oil imports, ensuring safe navigation in the surrounding waters is an important issue that is directly linked to people's lives and economic activities. The focus is on further strengthening cooperative relations with the three countries that are expected to play important roles.