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Japan, France and Germany affirm G-7’s role for post-COVID world order

Japan's Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (L) and French Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian (R) pose together at the French consulate in New York, Sep. 24, 2019. (AFP)
Japan's Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (L) and French Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian (R) pose together at the French consulate in New York, Sep. 24, 2019. (AFP)
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02 Oct 2020 12:10:15 GMT9
02 Oct 2020 12:10:15 GMT9

The Japanese and French foreign ministers have agreed that the Group of Seven major countries should play a key role to build international order after the COVID-19 pandemic is over. 

The agreement came at a meeting between Japan’s Toshimitsu Motegi and France’s Jean-Yves Le Drian in Paris on Thursday afternoon (local time), according to the Japanese Foreign Ministry.

The two ministers also agreed to promote bilateral cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region.

Earlier in the day, Motegi had a teleconference with his German counterpart, Heiko Maas, who is currently in home quarantine after a security officer was confirmed to have contracted the novel coronavirus COVID-19.

Motegi and Maas confirmed that their countries will continue to cooperate in the fight against the pandemic and toward realizing the Free and Open Indo-Pacific vision.

JIJI Press

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