At the final meeting on the theme of multilateralism, Prime Minister Kishida, who attended the G7 Summit, pointed out the importance of calling on African countries, which take an intermediate position over the situation in Ukraine, to cooperate.



He also announced that he would hold the G7 Summit in the atomic bombed area of ​​Hiroshima next year, and emphasized that he would like to show the G7's intention to categorically reject the threat of nuclear weapons.

Prime Minister Kishida will hold a final meeting on the theme of multilateralism and G20 = 20 major countries from 5:30 pm Japan time on the 28th, the final day of the G7 Summit = G20 summit. I faced it.



At the meeting, Prime Minister Kishida took an intermediate position over the situation in Ukraine, saying, "The international community needs to cooperate to prevent the great powers from turning back into a world where small powers are obeyed by force." He pointed out the importance of calling for cooperation with African countries.



He also expressed his intention to participate in Russia's President Vladimir Putin, discussing how to respond to the G20 summit in November, and will work closely as a G7.



Furthermore, in the discussion over digital, Prime Minister Kishida said, "I have witnessed an example of the invasion by Russia, where movement in the digital space has a great impact on the real world. Not only cyber attacks, but also false information and propaganda all over the world. It is unacceptable to try to influence people's thoughts and behaviors. "



He said, "Promote reliable and free data distribution and show the difference from digital protectionism such as China," and expressed the idea of ​​contributing to the ordering of digital space based on the value of democracy. ..



At the end of the meeting, he announced that he would hold a G7 summit in Hiroshima next year, "demonstrating with historic weight the G7's willingness to reject armed invasion, threats by nuclear weapons, and attempts to overthrow the international order. I would like to confirm that we will work together with the G7 leaders to protect peace, international order and values ​​in front of the monument of peace. "