The Foreign Ministers' Meeting of the four-country framework "Quad" of Japan, the United States, Australia and India was held on the 11th.
The government has reaffirmed its cooperation toward the realization of a "free and open Indo-Pacific," and plans to accelerate its concrete efforts in a wide range of fields, including security.
At the "Quad" Foreign Ministers' Meeting held in Australia, a joint statement was made with China, which is strengthening its supremacy, in mind, including coordinating and countering the challenge of a rule-based maritime order. It was put together.
Opinions were also exchanged on the situation in Ukraine.
Foreign Minister Hayashi emphasized the significance of the meeting, saying, "It is a time when urgent issues are piled up and the power of diplomacy is being questioned, and it is an extremely timely and meaningful achievement."
The government said that it was able to reconfirm the cooperation for the realization of "free and open Indo-Pacific" through the foreign ministers' meeting, and in anticipation of the summit meeting scheduled to be held in Japan in the first half of this year, infrastructure development and security etc. , Our policy is to accelerate concrete efforts in a wide range of fields.
Minister Hayashi will finish a series of schedules in Australia on the 12th and head to Hawaii for a foreign ministers' meeting between Japan, the United States and South Korea on the 13th of Japan time.
In Hawaii, on the 11th, the director-general-level talks of the three countries are being held over the response to North Korea's nuclear and missile issues, and it is expected that opinions will be exchanged based on this content at the foreign ministers' meeting.