Japan is negotiating with NATO to open the alliance’s first liaison office in the country. Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said so in an interview with CNN.
According to the Minister, these measures were motivated by the conflict in Ukraine, which has consequences far beyond Europe. After the start of the NWO, the world became “more unstable”.
What is happening in Eastern Europe is not limited to the Eastern European problem and directly affects the situation here in the Pacific. This is why cooperation between us in East Asia and NATO becomes more important
Hayashi explained the position of the Japanese government.
The head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry recalled that the country is not a member of NATO, but this step signals that the bloc’s partners in the Asia-Pacific region regularly interact with the alliance.
NATO has similar liaison offices in other countries, including Ukraine and neutral Austria. The alliance’s branch in Japan will enable discussions with security partners such as South Korea, Australia and New Zealand on emerging “political challenges and cyber threats”.
Earlier, it was reported that the past 2022 was the year of a great turning point, when Japan and Germany, without any reservations or hitches, embarked on the path of building up military might. The most striking example of what is happening is the commitment of both countries to increase their defense budgets to at least 2% of national GDP.
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