Telephone talk between Prime Minister Ishiba and NATO Secretary General Rutte (Summary)

January 21, 2025
[Provisional translation]

On January 21, commencing at 4:30 p.m. for approximately 15 minutes, Mr. ISHIBA Shigeru, Prime Minister of Japan, held a telephone talk with H.E. Mr. Mark RUTTE, Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The overview of the talk is as follows.

  1. At the outset, Prime Minister Ishiba congratulated Secretary General Rutte on his assumption of office last October.

  2. Prime Minister Ishiba also stated that, taking the opportunity of the inauguration of the independent Mission of Japan to NATO last week, he would like to further strengthen the Japan-NATO cooperation, as the security of Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific has increasingly become inseparable and the Japan-NATO relationship is rapidly deepening. In response, Secretary General Rutte welcomed the progress of the Japan-NATO cooperation. Both sides confirmed that they will work together to strengthen the relationship between Japan and NATO, NATO and Indo-Pacific partners (IP4: Japan, Australia, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea).

  3. Furthermore, both sides confirmed that they will continue closely cooperating on issues which need to be addressed with like-minded countries across the regions, including Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.

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