New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will visit Japan from the 20th to hold a summit meeting with Prime Minister Kishida.
This was announced by Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsuno at a press conference after the Cabinet meeting.
According to it, New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will visit Japan on a four-day schedule from the 20th to the 23rd and hold a summit meeting with Prime Minister Kishida.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsuno said at a press conference, "Japan and New Zealand are'strategic cooperation partners' that share basic values such as freedom, democracy, the rule of law, and human rights. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. This is a milestone year, with the aim of further deepening political, security and economic cooperation and strengthening cooperation towards the realization of a free and open Indo-Pacific. "