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Welcome Reception on the Occasion of the 6th Tokyo Global Dialogue Co-hosted by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA)
January 28, 2025
On January 28, Mr. IWAYA Takeshi, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, and the Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) co-hosted a reception to welcome the participants of the 6th Tokyo Global Dialogue, organized by the JIIA, at the Iikura House of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- At the outset, Minister IWAYA and Mr. OIKAWA Shoichi, Vice Chair of the JIIA (Representative Director, Chairman of the Board, Senior Deputy Editor-in-Chief, International Operations (Editor-in-Chief, The Japan News), The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings ) delivered remarks respectively, and Mr. KIUCHI Minoru, Minister in charge of Economic Security , proposed a toast. Minister IWAYA offered his congratulations on the holding of the 6th Tokyo Global Dialogue, and stressed that diplomacy is becoming increasingly important in recent years amid the series of historic events including the spread of the COVID-19, Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, drastic changes in the security environment in East Asia, and the deteriorating situation in the Middle East. Minister IWAYA also stated that Japan will enhance cooperation with its allies and like-minded countries toward realizing a “Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP)” to defend the international order based on the “rule of law,” and promote a diplomacy of “dialogue and harmony ” to work together with the Global South.
- Minister IWAYA also exchanged views with the participants of the Dialogue about the outlook of international affairs.
(Reference1)The 6th Tokyo Global Dialogue
An international symposium hosted by the JIIA, to be held from January 29 to 30.
The JIIA website on the 6th Tokyo Global Dialogue
(Reference2)
Remarks by Foreign Minister IWAYA (Japanese (PDF)
/ English (PDF))