JAPAN AND ITALY LEADERS AFFIRM CLOSE COOPERATION AFTER THEIR FIRST PHONE TALKS

Highlights –

• Japan and Italy leaders affirm close cooperation after their first phone talks.
• Yoshihide Suga and Giuseppe Conte on Wednesday discussed their bilateral relations.
• Conte expressed support for Japan’s ‘free and open Indo-Pacific’ concept.
• Suga has spoken to the leader of every G-7 member.

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide S....