NATO = Military Chairman Bauer, who heads the military organization of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, will make an official visit to Japan from the 7th.



As Russia's military invasion of Ukraine continues, NATO expects that strategic competition with Russia and China will intensify in the future, and it is expected that this visit will discuss how to strengthen cooperation with Japan. increase.

Military Chairman Bauer is in a position to lead NATO's military organization and provide military advice to Secretary General Stoltenberg.



Mr. Bauer will make an official visit to Japan from the 7th to the 2nd to meet with the Minister of Defense Kishi and the Chief of Staff, Joint Staff Koji Yamazaki of the Self-Defense Forces.



NATO is currently responding to Russia's military invasion of Ukraine, while strategic competition with Russia and China is expected to intensify in the future, with Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand in the Asia-Pacific 4 I would like to strengthen cooperation with other countries.



At a press conference at NATO Headquarters in Brussels last month, Military Commissioner Bauer said, "The challenges facing NATO members and the four Asia-Pacific countries have much in common and we can learn from each other. He emphasized the significance of long-term cooperation.