CANBERRA, Nov 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, will travel to Japan within days, to meet with the country’s new leader, Yoshihide Suga.
Morrison announced that he would visit Japan to discuss the pandemic, trade, security and defence with Suga, who became PM of Japan in Sept, following the resignation of Shinzo Abe.
“I am honoured to be the first foreign leader to visit Japan to meet the new Prime Minister, following his appointment,” he said.
“We will continue to discuss the work we are doing together on COVID-19 and in particular, how we can assist them during our vaccine programme and the many other projects we have in place, to address their challenges, in dealing with not only the COVID-19 pandemic, but of the economic recession that flows from that.”
Morrison, who will also visit Papua New Guinea (PNG) to meet with Prime Minister James Marape, said, the trip was in the “national interest” after postponing a planned trip to Japan in Jan, because of Australia’s bushfire crisis.
Upon his return, Morrison will quarantine for 14 days at The Lodge, the PM’s official residence in Canberra, where he will appear in Parliament via video link.– NNN-AGENCIES
