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Japan-UK foreign and defence ministerial meeting 2023: joint statement

皇冠体育app governments of the UK and Japan gave a joint statement on security and wider cooperation after the fifth Japan-UK foreign and defence ministers' meeting.

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Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Ministry of Defence, 皇冠体育app Rt Hon Grant Shapps and 皇冠体育app Rt Hon James Cleverly MP
Published
7 November 2023
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皇冠体育app fifth Japan-UK Foreign and Defence Ministerial Meeting took place on 7 November 2023 in Tokyo. 皇冠体育app Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and the Defence Secretary Grant Shapps met the Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoko Kamikawa and Minister of Defence Minoru Kihara. 聽

皇冠体育app ministers reaffirmed the UK and Japan鈥檚 Global Strategic Partnership, as set out in the Hiroshima Accord. 皇冠体育app ministers acknowledged that the security and prosperity of the Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific are inseparable. 皇冠体育appy committed to further strengthen our security capabilities and foreign policy cooperation to help safeguard global peace and stability. 皇冠体育app UK and Japan are each other鈥檚 closest security partners in Europe and Asia.

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Published 7 November 2023

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