Opinion

  • 8 Mar 2007 - NATO
    Speech by Ambassador Martin Erdmann, Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy
8 Mar 2007

NATO and Japan finalize framework for cooperation in Afghanistan

Mr Seki Tomoda, Director of the Japanese Institute of International Affairs, and Ambassador Martin Erdmann

NATO’s Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs, Martin Erdmann, finalized on 7 March in Tokyo with the Japanese authorities a framework for NATO-Japan cooperation in Afghanistan.

This framework will enable Japan to provide humanitarian assistance in support of NATO-led Provincial Reconstruction Teams.

Ambassador Erdmann was leading a NATO delegation visiting Tokyo for high-level talks with the Japanese authorities.

The two sides discussed a wide range of security issues of importance both to NATO and Japan. The topics include the Alliance’s transformation, NATO’s operation in Afghanistan, as well as non-proliferation.