Self-Defense Forces British Army Joint Training "Reciprocal Access Agreement" Early Signing Japan-UK Leaders

Prime Minister Kishida will meet with British Prime Minister Johnson at the G7 Summit and proceed with work toward the early signing of the "Japan-UK Facilitation Agreement," which stipulates measures such as when the Self-Defense Forces and the British Army conduct joint training. We agreed by going.

He also thanked the British government for its decision to abolish the import restrictions on foods produced in Fukushima Prefecture, which had been continued after the nuclear accident, from the 29th.

The meeting was held for about 30 minutes from 4 pm Japan time.

At the beginning, Prime Minister Kishida thanked the British government for deciding to abolish the import control measures for foods produced in Fukushima Prefecture, which had been continued after the nuclear accident, from the 29th.

Prime Minister Kishida then expressed his intention to promote security cooperation between the two countries in light of the fact that Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force training fleet called at the United Kingdom last week.

On that basis, the two leaders agreed to work toward the early signing of the "Japan-UK Facilitation Agreement," which stipulates measures such as when the Self-Defense Forces and the British Army conduct joint training.

In addition, they agreed to accelerate cooperation talks on the development of the next fighter of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force.

In addition, based on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, it was confirmed that the G7 = seven major countries will work together to deal with issues in the food and energy fields, and support the affected countries, with China in mind. We shared the recognition that unilateral changes in the status quo by force are not allowed.

After this, Prime Minister Kishida met with EU-European Union President Fumio Kishida and agreed to continue strong sanctions against Russia and support for Ukraine, which continues to invade the military.

On that basis, they agreed that the Indo-Pacific region would not be allowed to change the status quo by force.

Prime Minister Kishida also called for the EU to lift import restrictions on Japanese food products as soon as possible.