On the first day of his official visit to Japan on Monday Romania’s president Klaus Iohannis held talks with the president of the House of Councillors Hidehisa Otsuji and the speaker of the House of Representatives, Hiroyuki Hosoda. Talks focused on the Romania-Japan Strategic Partnership and the regional security situation. The Japanese officials underlined that the Strategic Partnership creates new opportunities for cooperation in the economic sector, trade, research and innovation. With respect to the security situation, the Japanese officials emphasised that Japan and Romania share the same vision and approach and conveyed their appreciation of Romania’s sustained actions and efforts to support Ukraine, both with the refugees and to facilitate the transit of cereals. On Tuesday, president Iohannis is to be received by emperor Naruhito. He will later also meet prime minister Fumio Kishida, together signing a joint declaration on the establishment of the Romania-Japan Strategic Partnership. On Wednesday, the Romanian president will meet local officials from Kyoto. On Thursday and Friday, he will make a state visit to Singapore, the first at this level in the last 20 years, where he will have talks with president Halimah Yacob and prime minister Lee Hsien Loong.
