At a press conference after the Cabinet meeting, Foreign Minister Motegi rushed into concrete cooperation for the realization of a free and open Indo-Pacific and the situation in Myanmar at the ASEAN-Association of Southeast Asian Nations-related Foreign Ministers' Meeting next week. He expressed his desire to have a discussion.
Foreign Minister Mogi announced that he would participate in the online-style Foreign Ministers' Meeting related to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on August 3, 4, and 6 days.
At a series of conferences, he said that he would exchange opinions on the response to the new coronavirus and China's advance into the ocean. "ASEAN is a key region for the realization of a free and open Indo-Pacific. I would like to have an in-depth discussion about specific cooperation. "
Regarding the situation in Myanmar, he said, "We are at the stage where the dispatch of ASEAN special envoys and the start of dialogue within Myanmar will be the focus, and we would like to discuss firmly. In particular, the special envoys have a large role to play, and we would like to support Japan as well." I did.