Prime Minister Suga will meet with Indian Prime Minister Modi over the phone to work closely together to overcome the new coronavirus and add the two countries, the United States and Australia to the realization of a "free and open Indo-Pacific." We confirmed the importance of multilateral cooperation, including four countries.
Prime Minister Suga had made adjustments to visit India in line with the Golden Week holidays starting at the end of this month, but canceled it from the perspective of taking all possible measures to deal with the new coronavirus.
Based on this, Prime Minister Suga talked with Indian Prime Minister Modi on the phone for about 25 minutes on the afternoon of the 26th, saying, "I hope that the situation of the new coronavirus in India will improve as soon as possible." We confirmed that we will work closely together to overcome it.
In addition, the two leaders confirmed the importance of multilateral cooperation, including Japan and India, and four countries including the United States and Australia, toward the realization of a "free and open Indo-Pacific", and ruled the law. We agreed to continue to work together to build a based international order.
In addition, Prime Minister Suga is seriously concerned about the continuation and strengthening of China's unilateral attempts to change the status quo in the East China Sea and South China Sea, including the Maritime Police Law, which allows the Maritime Police Law to use weapons. I told you that I am doing it.
In addition, Prime Minister Suga said, "We would like to further advance cooperation in terms of cyber, digital, decarbonization, etc.", and the two leaders confirmed that they would continue to advance cooperation between the two countries in various fields, and the new model While looking at the situation of the coronavirus, we agreed to realize Prime Minister Suga's visit to India at a time that is convenient for both parties.