TOKYO, April 8 -- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan issued the following news release:
On April 8, commencing at 3 p.m. for approximately 25 minutes, Mr. MOTEGI Toshimitsu, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, held a telephone meeting with Senator the Hon. Penny WONG, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Commonwealth of Australia.
The two Ministers concurred that they would further strengthen concrete bilateral cooperation across a broad range of areas, including security, economy and economic security on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Basic Treaty of Friendship and Co-operation between Japan and Australia with a view to realizing a "Free and Open Indo-Pacific".
The two Ministers discussed the current situa...