Canada and Japan launch formal talks on intelligence-sharing pact
Posted October 11, 2022 2:41 pm.
Last Updated October 11, 2022 3:47 pm.
Canada and Japan have launched talks aimed at sharing military intelligence.
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly met Tuesday with her Japanese counterpart Yoshimasa Hayashi in Tokyo.
The two adopted a plan to boost co-operation on defence and economic security.
That includes formal talks on an intelligence-sharing pact, in the face of growing threats from China and Russia.
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Japan and Canada will also hold joint military exercises, and some with the United States.
Both countries say they are trying to shore up the rules-based international order that Russia violated by invading Ukraine.
