Foreign Minister Motegi met with Foreign Minister Moines in Panama, Central America, where he visited, and strengthened communication and economic cooperation between the two countries in order to maintain and strengthen a free and open international order based on the rule of law. We agreed to promote it.
Foreign Minister Motegi, who is visiting Central America and the Caribbean, met with Panama's Foreign Minister Moines for about an hour before dawn on the 19th of Japan time.
Among them, the two foreign ministers commented on the situation where China is strengthening its influence in East Asia and Latin America, considering that Panama broke with Taiwan four years ago in 2017 and entered into diplomatic relations with China. Was exchanged.
Minister Mogi called for cooperation with Panama, which shares basic values, to maintain and strengthen a free and open international order based on the rule of law.
In response, Foreign Minister Moines responded, "We share Japan's interests and concerns. Panama attaches great importance to multilateralism and wants to strengthen communication with Japan."
In addition, in order to strengthen economic relations, we will promote economic dialogue in which the governments of both countries and business people participate at an early stage, and promote concrete cooperation in the digital field and high-quality infrastructure investment. It matched.