Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper agreed Tuesday that Canada will start exports of shale gas to Japan, making it the second country after the United States to provide the natural resource to Japan.
During the summit talks held in Ottawa, Abe and Harper also decided to enable the Self-Defense Forces and the Canadian military to provide logistics support to each other when they engage in international humanitarian assistance such as U.N. peacekeeping operations, and in relief efforts, a Japanese government official said.The agreement, when formally signed, will become the third of its kind for Japan after the United States and Australia, the latest in a series of defense cooperation that the prime minister is hoping to promote with other countries.
The Japanese prime minister is on a visit to Canada on the first leg of his tour that takes him to the United States to attend a U.N. General Assembly meeting.
As the crisis in Syria has been a major topic at the General Assembly, both leaders confirmed that they support a U.S.-Russian deal to eliminate chemical weapons in Syria, and Abe explained Tokyo's determination to provide humanitarian aid to Syrian refugees.
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The Japanese prime minister is on a visit to Canada on the first leg of his tour that takes him to the United States to attend a U.N. General Assembly meeting.
As the crisis in Syria has been a major topic at the General Assembly, both leaders confirmed that they support a U.S.-Russian deal to eliminate chemical weapons in Syria, and Abe explained Tokyo's determination to provide humanitarian aid to Syrian refugees.
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