China News Service, June 16 (Xinhua) According to comprehensive Japanese media reports, on the 15th, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said at a press conference that he will attend the NATO summit to be held at the end of this month.
He will also be the first Japanese prime minister to attend the meeting.
Data map: On December 6, 2021, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida delivered a policy speech at a special parliamentary session.
According to the report, Fumio Kishida will call on NATO to turn its attention to Asia at the meeting, and also claim to "raise the Japan-US alliance to new heights, including fundamentally strengthening defense capabilities."
The NATO summit will be held in Spain on June 29 and 30, with South Korean President Yoon Seok-wook also attending.
It was previously reported that Japan and South Korea are likely to hold a summit meeting again after a lapse of two and a half years during the summit. Whether the cold relationship between the two countries can take the opportunity to improve has also become the focus of the outside world.
However, Fumio Kishida said that nothing has been decided yet.