TELEPHONE MEETING BETWEEN PM TAKAICHI AND NATO SECRETARY GENERAL RUTTE

TOKYO, Dec. 1 -- Prime Minister and His Cabinet issued the following information:

On December 1, commencing at 6:15 p.m. for approximately 20 minutes, Ms. TAKAICHI Sanae, Prime Minister of Japan, held a telephone meeting with H.E. Mr. Mark RUTTE, Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The overview of the meeting is as follows;

1. At the outset, Secretary General Rutte congratulated Prime Minister TAKAICHI on her appointment.

2. Prime Minister TAKAICHI highlighted that the security of the Euro-Atlantic and the Indo-Pacific is inseparable and cooperation between Japan-NATO and NATO-IP4 (Japan, Australia, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea) is strategically important. In response, Secretary-General Rutte support...