Prime Minister Kishida, who is visiting member countries in Europe and the United States as the chair country of the G7 = seven major countries, arrived in the United Kingdom, the third destination, in the early hours of the 11th Japan time.
Prime Minister Kishida and Prime Minister Sunak are expected to sign the "Japan-UK Facilitation Agreement" that stipulates how the Self-Defense Forces and British forces will conduct joint exercises.
Prime Minister Kishida, who is visiting five European and American member countries ahead of the Hiroshima Summit in May as the chair of the G7, made his third visit to the United Kingdom at around 3:30 a.m. on the 11th Japan time. arrived in London on a government plane.
Prime Minister Kishida will hold a summit meeting with Prime Minister Sunak on the night of the 11th Japan time, and plans to call for the unity of the G7 for the success of the summit, as the world faces the situation in Ukraine and food and energy issues.
He also explained that in order to protect a free and open international order, he is working to drastically strengthen defense capabilities, including deciding on new security-related documents. I would like to confirm that we will continue to push forward.
Furthermore, after the summit meeting, the two leaders are expected to sign the "Japan-UK Facilitation Agreement", which pre-determines what to do when the Self-Defense Forces and the British military conduct joint exercises.