Foreign Minister Motegi will visit four African countries including Mauritius from the 8th.
With China as its influence in Africa, we are calling for cooperation toward the realization of a free and open Indo-Pacific.
Foreign Minister Motegi will visit four countries, Tunisia, Mozambique, South Africa, the island nation of the Indian Ocean, and Mauritius, from the 8th to the 14th next week.
Of these, Mauritius is expected to exchange opinions on medium- to long-term support, such as economic recovery and the restoration of polluted ecosystems, following the accident in which a large amount of heavy oil spilled from a Japanese cargo ship.
In Tunisia, where the TICAD = Tokyo International Conference on African Development, which will be led by Japan to discuss development and support for Africa, will be held again next year, it is expected to confirm cooperation for the success of the conference.
Minister Motegi plans to visit Senegal and Nigeria in Africa again at the beginning of the year, as well as Latin American countries such as Mexico and Brazil.
Minister Motegi wants to strengthen cooperation by calling on each country to cooperate toward the realization of a free and open Indo-Pacific, with China in mind, which will strengthen its influence in these regions through large-scale infrastructure investment. is.