TOKYO, June 19 (KUNA) -- Japan and Qatar on Thursday held their first security talks in Tokyo, in which the two sides exchanged views on a wide range of issues including security policies of both countries, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said.
At the one-day Japan-Qatar Security Dialogue, officials from the Foreign and Defense ministries of the two countries also discussed situations of the East Asia region and the Gulf and Middle East region, the ministry said in a statement.
The establishment of the security talks was decided during the visit to Qatar last August by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, when he expressed intention that Japan would play more politically active roles for the stability in the Middle East region. Abe, who visited Kuwait and Bahrain in the same Middle Eastern tour, also agreed with leaders of the two countries to set up Japan-Kuwait and Japan-Bahrain security talks. Japan also reached similar deals with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates during Abe's another trip to the Gulf region in April and May last year.
KUNA : Japan, Qatar discuss security policies - Security - 19/06/2014
At the one-day Japan-Qatar Security Dialogue, officials from the Foreign and Defense ministries of the two countries also discussed situations of the East Asia region and the Gulf and Middle East region, the ministry said in a statement.
The establishment of the security talks was decided during the visit to Qatar last August by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, when he expressed intention that Japan would play more politically active roles for the stability in the Middle East region. Abe, who visited Kuwait and Bahrain in the same Middle Eastern tour, also agreed with leaders of the two countries to set up Japan-Kuwait and Japan-Bahrain security talks. Japan also reached similar deals with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates during Abe's another trip to the Gulf region in April and May last year.
KUNA : Japan, Qatar discuss security policies - Security - 19/06/2014
