Announcement to start negotiations for the pact was made after a Tokyo meeting between Yoshimasa Hayashi and Melanie Joly
Japan and Canada said on Tuesday they would launch talks on an information security agreement, saying challenges to the rules-based international order, underlined by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, made such cooperation all the more important.
The announcement to start negotiations for the pact, which would facilitate intelligence-sharing and promote security ties, was made after a Tokyo meeting between Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and his Canadian counterpart Melanie Joly. “Both sides showed a strong expectation of further strengthening bilateral cooperation, including between the Japanese Self-Defence Forces and the Canadian Armed Forces” through the conclusion of the pact, a joint statement said.
“The two ministers shared a strong sense of urgency that Russia’s aggression against Ukraine would have serious and enormous repercussions” for the world, and this made Japanese- Canadian cooperation more important than ever. Japan has sealed similar pacts with other countries including the United States, and is in negotiations with New Zealand.
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