Prime Minister Kishida, who had visited Southeast Asia and Europe, returned to Japan on the afternoon of the 6th after completing a series of schedules.
Prime Minister Kishida visited Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Italy, Vatican, and the United Kingdom for eight days from the 29th of last month, and met with the leaders of each country.
At the series of summit meetings, with Russia continuing its military invasion of Ukraine and China strengthening its supremacy, it shares the basic stance that no force can change the status quo in any region, and it is free and open. We agreed on a policy of working closely with each other toward the realization of the invaded Indo-Pacific.
Prime Minister Kishida said at a press conference in his last visit to the United Kingdom that he would work with the G7 to further increase pressure on Russia and add about 140 individuals subject to asset freezes. Was announced.
After completing the series of schedules, Prime Minister Kishida arrived at Haneda Airport on a government plane before 3:30 pm.
Prime Minister Kishida will meet with Finnish Prime Minister Marin on the 11th next week, the EU-European Union executive body, and President of the European Commission Fumio Kishida on the following day, as well as the leaders of Southeast Asian countries this month. A visit to Japan is also planned.
Furthermore, in addition to holding a Japan-US summit meeting with US President Joe Biden visiting Japan later this month, he will also attend a quad summit meeting of the four countries of Japan, the United States, Australia and India, and will continue to cooperate on the situation in Ukraine. We will exchange opinions with the leaders of each country.