G7
G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Charlevoix (Overview of the Session 4 on the Americas)
March 13, 2025
On March 13, commencing at 1:20 p.m. (2:20 a.m. on March 14, Japan Time) for approximately 45 minutes, Mr. IWAYA Takeshi, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, who is visiting Charlevoix, Canada to attend the G7 Foreign Ministers' Meeting, participated in the G7 session on the Americas. The overview is as follows (the session was attended by the Foreign Ministers of the G7 countries and the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy).
- In this session, the G7 ministers engaged in a candid exchange of views on various issues in the Latin American and Caribbean region. The G7 countries pointed out the significance of strengthening the relations with Latin American and the Caribbean countries, including through economic and immigration-related efforts, for peace, stability and prosperity in Latin American and the Caribbean countries.
- Minister Iwaya pointed out the importance of increasing G7's economic involvement in Latin American and Caribbean countries, such as investment and trade, and stated that the public and private sectors would like to work together in the infrastructure sector.
- The G7 discussed the situation in Latin American and Caribbean countries of high interest to the G7, such as Venezuela and Haiti.