The British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is meeting today with the Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishinda to strengthen defense and trade cooperation, in the context of post-Brexit British policy, to deepen its relations with countries in the India and Pacific region.
Bilateral talks are expected to focus on escalating pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin over the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The two leaders are expected to agree in principle on a defense agreement that would allow co-operation between British and Japanese forces.
Johnson will announce the Reciprocal Access Agreement as a “significant defense partnership” which provides for the joint development and training of military forces, as well as conducting joint exercises and dealing with natural disasters.
The two leaders will watch an honorary passage of Royal British Air Force (RAF) aircraft, while inspecting an honorary military parade.
“As two major island democracies …, the United Kingdom and Japan are focusing their attention on growth, job creation, but also on ensuring that they remain technology superpowers.” Johnson said in a statement before the visit.
“Prime Minister Kisinda’s visit will accelerate our close defense cooperation and further build our trade partnership to strengthen major infrastructure projects across the country, supporting the promotion of our common agenda,” the statement said.
Ever since Britain left the European Union in January 2020, Johnson has been moving to expand British influence between countries in the India-Pacific region, describing the region as “gradually becoming the geopolitical center of the world.”
The visit will also seek to strengthen trade relations, on the agreement reached in 2020 and marked the first British trade agreement after Brexit. Former Secretary of State for Business Greg Clark will be Britain’s trade envoy to Japan.
Britain is seeking new export markets as part of a shift from its European neighbors to a Pacific trade deal, of which Japan is a party but also overseeing the British bid.
SOURCE: AMPE
Source: Capital
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