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Blinken, Motegi affirm G20 cooperation and strengthened relations

Blinken, Motegi affirm G20 cooperation and strengthened relations

Motegi and Blinken held talks on the side-lines of a meeting of foreign and development ministers from the G-20 advanced and emerging economies in Matera, Italy. (Twitter/@SecBlinken)

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30 Jun 2021 06:06:02 GMT9

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Japanese Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu held talks on June 29 for 20 minutes and confirmed their cooperation at the G20.

Blinken shared a tweet reflecting on the meeting, sharing how he “was very pleased to meet with Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi. We reaffirmed the deep commitment of both our countries to working together to strengthen our bilateral relationship and to address our shared regional priorities, including through cooperation at the G20.”

I was very pleased to meet with Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi. We reaffirmed the deep commitment of both our countries to working together to strengthen our bilateral relationship and to address our shared regional priorities, including through cooperation at the G20. pic.twitter.com/PtHluRBycK
— Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) June 29, 2021

Motegi and Blinken held talks on the side-lines of a meeting of foreign and development ministers from the G-20 advanced and emerging economies in Matera, Italy.

Motegi also met with British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, and Italian counterpart, Luigi Di Maio.

Motegi and Raab affirmed the importance of leading the achievements of the Group of Seven summit in Britain earlier this month on climate change and other issues to the upcoming G-20 summit. They also agreed to promote security-related cooperation.

Motegi and Blinken’s meeting reflects the sturdy alliance between the two nations, and the US Department of State’s official website affirms how the “US-Japan Alliance has served as the cornerstone of peace, security, and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific and across the world for over six decades.”

The United States and Japan are committed to jointly overcoming challenges like the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, as well as strengthening human rights globally, according to the US Department of State’s website.

The bond between the US and Japan was further made evident in late January when Prime Minister SUGA Yoshihide and US President Joe Biden held a phone meeting—Suga being the first Asian leader to do so.

*with JIJI Press

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