Washington:
At a meeting of the Quad Group of countries on Friday, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga welcomed the establishment last week of a trilateral partnership to provide nuclear submarines to Australia, a Japanese government official said.
Asked whether the new AUKUS partnership between Australia, Britain and the United States was discussed at a meeting of the leaders of Australia, India, Japan and the United States in Washington, Japan’s foreign press secretary, Tomoyuki Yoshida, told reporters. Said: “Prime Minister Suga welcomed the initiative to establish a security partnership created by the three countries … playing an important role in the peace and stability of the Indo-Pacific region.”
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