Third Joint Foreign Affairs and Security Consultation (Pol-Mil Dialogue) between Japan and Israel

(Press Release)

December 8, 2022
Ministry of Defense Japan

in Japanese

  1. On December 7, 2022, the third politico-military dialogue (Pol-Mil Dialogue) was held between Japan and Israel in Tokyo.
  2. On the Japanese side, the dialogue was attended by Mr. MIURA Jun, Director General for International Affairs of the Bureau of Defense Policy of the Ministry of Defense, Mr. NAGAOKA Kansuke, Director General of the Middle Eastern and African Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and officials from the Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the National Security Secretariat.
    On the Israeli side, the dialogue was attended by Mrs. Avivit Bar-Ilan, Deputy Head of the National Security Council, Mr. Dror Shalom, Director of Policy and Political-Military Bureau, Ministry of Defense, Mr. Rafael Harpaz, Deputy Director General for Asia and the Pacific Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and officials from the Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and NSC.
  3. The meeting dealt with a wide range of issues, including security and defense matters and regional situations.

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