Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. File photoTOKYO, Jun 11Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Singaporean Prime Minister Li Hsienlong agreed on Saturday to strengthen defense cooperation and start talks on «the transfer of defense equipment and technology,» the Japanese Foreign Ministry said in a statement following the meeting. «The prime ministers welcomed the beginning of negotiations on the transfer of defense equipment and equipment and came to a common opinion on even greater concretization of cooperation in the field of security, taking into account the revision of the memorandum of cooperation by the defense departments,» the message says.
Japan again began to host tourist groups for the first time in two years. The parties also discussed issues of economic cooperation, strengthening supply chains, expanding areas of cooperation, as well as promoting interaction in the field of digital technologies. To this end, the parties agreed to open a working group as soon as possible. Japan and Singapore will also cooperate in the implementation of the concept of the Asian zero-emission community. The leaders did not disregard the issues of the global agenda, primarily the situation in Ukraine, and regional issues, such as the implementation of the principle of a free and open Indo-Pacific region, the missile and nuclear program North Korea and others. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has been visiting Singapore since June 10 to attend the Asian Security Summit Shangri-La Dialogue. The Shangri-La Dialogue has been held in Singapore since 2002 at the initiative of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). Leaders, ministers and representatives of the ministries of defense of 28 states of the Asia-Pacific region take part in it. Shinzo Abe became the last leader of Japan to visit the summit. The visit took place in 2014. Last year, Yoshihide Suga, who served as Prime Minister of Japan, intended to go, but was unable to because of the pandemic. nervous behavior» Japan
