Japan and the European Union have agreed to work together to ease tensions in the US-Israel war against Iran in a meeting of the G-7 foreign ministers.
The agreement was reached when Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and European Union Foreign Policy Chief Kaja Kallas held talks in Cernay-la-Ville, near Paris, on the sidelines of a two-day meeting of foreign ministers of the Group of Seven to Friday, March 27.
As reported by ANTARA from Kyodo, at the opening of the third Japan-EU strategic dialogue, the first since April 2025, both parties expressed concern over the increasingly complex global security situation.
Motegi told Kallas that in addition to the close economic and trade relations as the foundation of Japan-EU relations, his party wanted to increase cooperation in the political and security fields.
In response, Kallas said the world was facing increasingly greater global challenges and was characterized by the politics of power and competition, so cooperation was very important.
On the same day, Motegi also held bilateral meetings with his counterparts from France and the United Kingdom.
In a meeting with French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot, both parties urged Iran to stop activities that were considered to disrupt regional stability, and agreed to strengthen cooperation in the fields of defense and economic security ahead of President Emmanuel Macron's visit to Japan next week.
Meanwhile, in a meeting with British Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, Motegi agreed to increase security cooperation.
Currently, Japan, the United Kingdom, and Italy are jointly developing the next-generation fighter aircraft.
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