Italy and Japan have signed in Rome a bilateral deal to strengthen cooperation in the defense sector, an Italian statement said on Monday.
Italy said Defense Minister Guido Crosetto and Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya signed a deal named ACSA (Acquisition and Cross-Service Agreement). Iwaya also held talks with Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani.
The deal is aimed at "facilitating acquisitions, supplies, exchanges in the military field, and quickly mobilizing aid in case of emergencies and natural disasters."
Italy and Japan share with Britain a partnership for the new GCAP project to build an advanced front-line fighter to enter service around the middle of the next decade.
Italy said the GCAP program represented a "concrete example of how nations founded on the same system of values can join forces to address the complexities of the contemporary world."
© Thomson Reuters 2024.
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リッチ
While the people are poorer and poorer the government is spending more and more with the west on weapons that they will never use.
sakurasuki
One in Mediterranean, one in pacific, that's really relevant for Japan defense.
kohakuebisu
I'm British, which means I have to Insert the joke about the Italian tank with six gears, five in reverse and one in forward in case they get attacked from behind.
dobre vam zajebava
there was coalition in history like some say 8plus decades ago and history knows how all have ended...
as someone wrote above...govs are wasting taxes for ....nothing
isabelle
This isn't a weapons deal: it's a cross-service agreement.
And I hope the weapons that are made are never used. That means their deterrence effect was sufficient to prevent a devastating, actual war.
Fighto!
Really promising news.
Japan and Italy have a strong history of military co-operation, dating from WW2. So this alliance is a pretty logical fit between two very similar nations of famously passionate, freedom-loving people.
danj555
Someone made a comment about WW2, good.
TokyoLiving
Just a nonsense agreement to satisfy the pathetic geopolitical whims of good old US.
Puppets..