“Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi met with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, as well as senior officials and leaders from the other Indo-Pacific Four partners – South Korea, Australia and New Zealand.”
“South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, Australian Minister for Defense Industry Pat Conroy and New Zealand Defense Minister Chris Penk attended the meeting, which was held on the sidelines of the two-day summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization that began Tuesday.”
“According to Japan’s Foreign Ministry, Rutte and representatives from the Indo-Pacific countries held candid exchanges of views on the international situation, including Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, challenges related to China, issues in the Indo-Pacific such as responding to North Korea, and the situation in Iran.”
“The ministry said Motegi stressed that security in the Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific regions is inseparable, as demonstrated by the military cooperation between Russia and North Korea in Moscow’s war against Ukraine.”
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