The Prime Minister's wife Akshata Murty will accompany him for the first time on a foreign trip as she takes on an increasing role in diplomacy
Mr Sunak told reporters: “Intense period of diplomatic activity over the next few days, probably three main things. I think the first is making sure that we’re creating jobs and driving economic growth at home.
“The second thing is continuing our leadership on Ukraine, something that we all collectively should be proud of. As I do at all these forums, just talking to colleagues about maintaining and enhancing our support to Ukraine, not just in the immediacy but thinking about the longer-term security agreements that we want to put in place to provide Ukraine with deterrence into the future.
“And then the third thing, I think reflecting on where we are, which is Japan and the Indo-Pacific, the importance of that region economically but then also from a security perspective – and then specifically with regard to China, and making that sure that we as G7 allies are aligned in our approach to protecting ourselves against the risks and challenge that China poses.”
He will meet the Japanese Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, to sign a new “Hiroshima accord” committing to closer co-operation on defence, scientific research and the economy. The two countries will sign up to a “consult clause” which means they must speak to each other about all major security issues and discuss how they are going to respond – a move seen within the Government as being one step down from a formal defence alliance such as
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