Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged Saturday to work together with South American countries to tackle global challenges including climate change, economic disparity and poverty.
Kishida made the remarks in a speech in Sao Paulo on Japan’s policies toward Latin America and the Caribbean as Tokyo seeks to deepen relations with emerging and developing nations, collectively referred to as the Global South.
With Brazil holding the presidency of the Group of 20 economies and Peru serving as the chair of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, the Global South is “under the world spotlight” this year, Kishida said in the speech.
On Friday, Kishida held bilateral talks with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Paraguayan President Santiago Pena as part of his six-day tour that also took him to France. It was his first visit to South America since he took office in October 2021.
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