Japanese Prime Minister plans to visit Kazakhstan

ASTANA, Kazakhstan, June 26. Japanese Prime
Minister Fumio Kishida plans to visit Kazakhstan in August this
year, Trend
reports.
This was announced at a regular press conference by the Chief
Cabinet Secretary of Japan, Yoshimasa Hayashi.
"If circumstances permit, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida
will visit Kazakhstan in August this year," he said.
The Chief Cabinet Secretary stressed that a meeting at the level
of leaders of the Central Asia + Japan association is currently
being agreed upon on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the
creation of this initiative in 2024.
Furthermore, Yoshimasa Hayashi added that cooperation with
Central Asian countries is now more important than ever to maintain
and strengthen a free and open international order based on the
rule of law



Meanwhile, the countries have been developing the Central Asia +
Japan dialogue over the past 20 years, holding nine meetings of
Foreign Ministers.
Fumio Kishida is also considering the possibility of visiting
Mongolia during the same period, which will presumably be
accompanied by a discussion of bilateral cooperation.

• Kazakhstan
• Prime Minister
• visit
• press conference
• Fumio Kishida
• Japanese
• August