Foreign Minister Motegi, who visited the three Baltic states, shared his concerns about China's supremacy behavior and cooperated concretely toward the realization of a free and open Indo-Pacific through a series of dates. He showed the recognition that he agreed by proceeding with.
Foreign Minister Motegi met with Foreign Minister Landsbergis for about two and a half hours in Lithuania, the last country to visit the Baltic States on the evening of the 3rd of Japan time.
In this session, the two foreign ministers exchanged views on the situation in China, shared serious concerns about unilateral attempts to change the status quo in the East China Sea and South China Sea, and human rights issues in Hong Kong and the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and were open to the public. We confirmed the importance of maintaining and strengthening the international order.
After the meeting, Minister Mogi told reporters online, "Problems such as the East China Sea are not a problem for the three Baltic states, and they strongly sympathize with Japan's concerns. Also, to the free and open Indo-Pacific. The clear support was also shown, and we were able to agree by promoting concrete cooperation with the EU = European Union and the three Baltic states in the future. "