NATO and Japan are working on opening a NATO liaison office in the East Asian country. NATO currently has such liaison offices in the United Nations, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Georgia, Ukraine, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Moldova and Kuwait.
The related agreement with Japan will give NATO its first liaison office in the Indo- Pacific region, marking a new milestone in the relationship between NATO and Japan.
This relationship has been strongly promoted recently, especially in the military and defense field. Japan's goal is to build and strengthen its political, military and security role in Europe through these partners, at a time when the political, military and security situation in Europe has been and continues to be disrupted by the war in Ukraine.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo
In the Indo-Pacific, NATO currently does not have many partners as a springboard and pillar to build a role like Japan in Europe. In its most recently announced strategy, NATO has set a direction for the coming time to move towards the Indo-Pacific. To implement this strategy, Japan is NATO's most important partner, followed by South Korea, Australia and New Zealand. For NATO, Japan is the first gateway and helps NATO set a precedent in the Indo-Pacific.
The plan to establish NATO’s first liaison office in Japan shows that NATO has not only defined but also concretely implemented its new strategic direction of reaching out beyond Europe. By helping NATO realize this strategic direction, Japan can also leverage NATO to strengthen its political, military, defense and security role in the Indo-Pacific.
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