Prime Minister Suga will leave for the United States on the 23rd to attend a summit meeting of four countries called the quad with the United States, Australia and India.

At the meeting, we would like to confirm the importance of cooperation among the four countries that share basic values, with China in mind as it strengthens its supremacy.

Prime Minister Suga will leave for Washington, the capital of the United States, on the 23rd to attend the first meeting of four countries, Quad-Japan, the United States, Australia and India.



At the meeting, Prime Minister Suga said that as China intensifies its supremacy, the importance of cooperation among four countries that share basic values ​​toward the realization of a "free and open Indo-Pacific" based on the rule of law. I would like to confirm.



And


▽ new coronavirus countermeasures including fair distribution of vaccines to developing countries ▽


important technologies such as high-speed, large-capacity 5G and advanced biotechnology,


and



further cooperation on

climate change countermeasures, etc.

I want to do it.



In addition, the

policy is to exchange opinions


on the response to Afghanistan, where the Islamist Taliban has regained power, and


the launch of ballistic missiles by North Korea.



On the other hand, Prime Minister Suga is coordinating to hold individual talks with the leaders of the three countries during his stay, and further in the economic and security fields so that the next administration to be born next month can maintain a strong relationship. I would like to confirm the cooperation.