Tokyo, April 13 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her Pakistani counterpart, Shehbaz Sharif, agreed Monday to work together to ease at an early date tensions in the Middle East caused by the U.S.-Israeli strikes against Iran. In their 15-minute telephone conversation, held after the United States and Iran failed to reach a peace deal in negotiations mediated by Pakistan, Takaichi stressed that “restoring stability in the Strait of Hormuz is an urgent task.” The same day, Takaichi also had phone talks with Vietnamese President To Lam and reaffirmed their countries’ cooperation in bolstering the energy resilience of the entire Asian region. END [Copyright The Jiji Press, Ltd.]
Japan, Pakistan Agree to Cooperate in Easing Middle East Tensions
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