'Defend free international order': Italian Premier Meloni begins 3-day trip to Japan

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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shake hands during the bilateral summit in Tokyo. (Symbolic image) (Photo by Takashi Aoyama / POOL / AFP via Getty Images) Getty Images Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni signed a strategic pact with her Japanese counterpart Sanae Takaichi in Tokyo. This is the first state visit by a European leader since Takaichi took office about three months ago. The bilateral…

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The diplomatic mission of Giorgia Meloni begins in Asia. The President of the Council is heading to Oman but he will also make a stop in South Korea and Japan for the summits with President Lee and the Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. On the occasion of the 160 years of bilateral relations between Italy and Japan, Meloni and Takaichi, in a joint declaration, will elevate relations between Rome and Tokyo at the level of the Special Strateg…