2024-07-11 10:51:49
The Japanese government and NATO leadership are agreeing to create a closed communications system for exchanging classified information and holding confidential talks. An agreement on this could be reached during the participation of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in the North Atlantic Alliance summit, which will be held in Washington on July 9-11.
As reported by Day.Az with reference to TASS, the Asahi newspaper reported this.
NATO countries are united by a secure communications system for exchanging classified information. Now there is talk of partially extending it to Japan, which has the status of a permanent partner of the alliance.
In 2023, Tokyo signed a cooperation agreement with NATO in 16 areas, including cybersecurity, space operations, and information sharing. Japan has a permanent mission at the alliance’s headquarters in Brussels.
This year marks Kishida’s third time attending a NATO summit. He will arrive in Washington for that purpose on July 10 and hold a series of multilateral and bilateral meetings there on July 11.