The foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) nations have
agreed to team up to solve the problems faced by Central Asian
countries at their meeting on April 16-18 in the Japanese resort
town of Karuizawa (Nagano Prefecture), Trend reports citing
TASS.
As for Central Asia, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa
Hayashi, who chaired the meeting, “pointed to the importance of
supporting the five Central Asian countries (Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) in addressing
the concrete problems they face,” the meeting organizers
reported.
The foreign ministers “shared the view that the G7 countries
will continue to cooperate in solving the region’s problems,” they
said.
Japan has recently been paying a lot of attention to developing
relations with Central Asian countries. Last November, the
Parliamentary League of Friendship with the Central Asian Countries
was established in Tokyo, headed by Taro Aso, deputy chairman of
the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and former prime minister. In
early December 2022, the Japanese capital hosted the Central Asia
Investment Forum 2022, bringing together officials and business
executives from the region.
