LONDON, May 06 (AFP): UK and Japan leaders Boris Johnson and Fumio Kishida agreed to deepen defence ties during talks in London on Thursday where they also snacked on Fukushima popcorn to celebrate an easing of trade restrictions.
Kishida was welcomed by a Royal Air Force flypast over central London and inspected a ceremonial guard of honour in red tunics and bearskin hats to mark his first official visit to the UK as prime minister.
The pair-both G7 leaders-agreed in principle to work more closely militarily in the Indo-Pacific, while the UK said it would soon lift the remaining restrictions on some food products in place since the 2011 disaster at the Fukushima nuclear plant.
"The Prime Minister praised the new in principle Reciprocal Access Agreement...and said it was yet another symbol of the deepening relationship between the UK and Japan," Johnson's Downing Street office said in a press release.
The agreement will allow Japanese and British forces to deploy together to carry out training and joint exercises in the Indo-Pacific, in what the UK government says is the first deal of its type with a European country.
UK and Japan agree to ink defence deal
FE Team | Published: May 06, 2022 21:32:09
UK and Japan agree to ink defence deal
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