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Visit to Malta by the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzō Abe

27/05/2017

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The Prime Minister of Japan Shinzō Abe arrives at Malta International Airport. Before heading to Malta, the Japanese Prime Minister attended the G7 Summit in Taormina, Sicily

The Prime Minister of Japan Shinzō Abe and Mrs Abe lay wreath and pray at the Japanese Epitaph. The Japanese Epitaph, at the Naval Cemetery in Kalkara, narrates the lost lives of 59 crew members and their captain who were killed in the Aegean Sea on the 10th of June, 1917 while on duty on the Japanese destroyer Sakaki as part of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance in the Mediterranean. They were buried with other dead World War 1 personnel.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe arrives at the Auberge de Castille for talks with Prime Minister Joseph Muscat

Prime Minister of Japan Shinzō Abe signs the visitors’ book

Trade relations and other bilateral issues topped the agenda of the talks between Prime Minister Joseph Muscat and the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzō Abe, with Prime Minister Muscat referring to Mr Abe’s visit as a tool to make a quantum leap in relations between the two sides. Prime Minister Muscat also referred to the ongoing negotiations between the European Union and Japan on a trade agreement. On his part Prime Minister Abe referred to common values shared by the two countries including democracy, freedom, and the rule of law. The Japanese Prime Minister said that he will strive to increase political, economic, and trade relations between the two countries

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe confirmed both countries’ commitment to strengthen bilateral relations and people-to-people exchanges, as well as to enhance tourism, commercial, and trade relations between the two countries. Speaking to the media during the first-ever visit to Malta by a Japanese Prime Minister, Mr Abe pledged closer collaboration with Malta so as to foster closer ties. Prime Minister Muscat confirmed that the Maltese Presidency of the EU is reflecting on the early conclusion of the EU-Japan trade agreement. Prime Minister Muscat declared that both countries are strongly against protectionism initiatives.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe views a collection of press reports on sailors and officers of the Japanese Fleet stationed in Malta during World War 1. While supporting the British Fleet in the Mediterranean, the Japanese Fleet was killed after an Austrian submarine collided with the Japanese vessel, Sakaki, in June 1917.

Visit to Malta by the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzō Abe

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