Japan-Finland pact sets rules on defence equipment transfers
Finland seeks closer defence industry and technology ties, while Japan stresses that Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific security cannot be separated.
- Japan and Finland have signed a bilateral agreement to create a legal basis for the transfer of defence equipment and technology between them.
- The pact sets rules for how equipment and technology may be transferred to third countries or used for purposes beyond their original intent.
- The agreement is intended to foster closer industrial and technological cooperation in the defence sector between the two nations.
A bilateral agreement signed in Tokyo on Monday (October 26) is intended to provide the legal basis for Japan and Finland to transfer defence equipment and technology.
In talks with Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, Finnish Defence Minister Antti Häkkänen conveyed his enthusiasm for closer industrial and technological cooperation in defence.
The security of the Indo-Pacific was inseparable from that of the Euro-Atlantic, Motegi stressed during the meeting.
The pact is also intended to regulate how equipment and technology may be passed on to third countries, as well as their use for purposes beyond those originally intended.
Both ministers signed the document at a ceremony in Japan’s Foreign Ministry. Their governments had agreed during a summit in June last year that negotiations should move ahead more quickly.
[Copyright The Jiji Press, Ltd.]
