JAPAN-IRAN SUMMIT TELEPHONE CALL (SUMMARY)

TOKYO, Aug. 12 -- Prime Minister and His Cabinet issued the following information:

[Provisional Translation]

On August 12, commencing at 4:20 p.m. for approximately 20 minutes, Ms. TAKAICHI Sanae, Prime Minister of Japan, held a summit telephone call with H.E. Dr. Masoud Pezeshkian, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

* At the outset, Prime Minister TAKAICHI conveyed Japan's position that, as the situation surrounding the Strait of Hormuz has reached a critical phase, and Iran has continued exchanges with the countries concerned toward reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, it is necessary to ease the current military tensions, achieve the early de-escalation of the situation, and steadily resolve various issues, including the nuclear...