Japan and the European Union announced a security and defense partnership, as they seek to step up military ties amid growing tensions with china, North Korea and Russia.
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00:00Japan and the European Union announced a security and defence partnership as they seek to step
00:05up militarised and growing tensions with China, North Korea and Russia.
00:10The announcement was made Friday during a press conference in Tokyo given by European
00:15Union Foreign Policy Chief Joseph Borrell and Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Ieya
00:20Iwaiya.
00:21According to the two officials, the agreement is the first that the European Union has concluded
00:26with an Asia-Pacific country.
00:28The European Union top diplomat affirmed that partnerships among friends was the only antidote
00:33to this challenging world of growing rivalries, climate accidents and threats of war.
00:39Borrell's visit is part of an East Asia tour that includes South Korea, where he will
00:44also hold a strategic dialogue underscoring the European Union's increasing engagement
00:49with the Asia-Pacific region.