Fetured Image: REUTERS / of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg meet during a NATO leaders’ summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Wednesday. | REUTERS
A formation of a new Partnership between Japan and NATO blossom at the Vilnius Summit.
Gabriel Dominguez / Staff Writer to Japan Times.
“Collaboration will go beyond traditional security areas and extend to cyber, emerging and disruptive technologies and strategic communications”, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Wednesday at a NATO leaders’ summit in Vilnius, Lithuania.”
“Japan’s recently agreed deal with the trans-Atlantic alliance, called the Individually Tailored Partnership Program (ITPP).”
“Japan and NATO share the understanding that unilateral attempts to change the status quo by force or coercion will not be tolerated, regardless of where they occur in the world,” Kishida said.”
“Stoltenberg, who praised Japan for being NATO’s closest partner country, thanked Tokyo for its support for Ukraine while expressing concern about China’s “heavy military buildup” and the expansion of its nuclear forces.”
“The NATO chief also condemned North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs as violations of U.N. Security Council resolutions after Pyongyang fired off what Japan said was a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile earlier in the day.”
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