TOKYO -- Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and French President Emmanuel Macron agreed to strengthen security ties to achieve a free and open Indo-Pacific region, when the two leaders met in Tokyo on Saturday.
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The meeting of Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, left, and French President Emmanuel Macron was their second face-to-face summit, after the G7 gathering in June in the U.K. (Reuters)
TOKYO -- Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and French President Emmanuel Macron agreed to strengthen security ties to achieve a free and open Indo-Pacific region, when the two leaders met in Tokyo on Saturday.