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By Canadian Press

Canada and Japan launch formal talks on intelligence-sharing pact

Oct 11, 2022 | 2:42 PM

OTTAWA — Canada and Japan have launched talks aimed at sharing military intelligence

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly met today with her Japanese counterpart Yoshimasa Hayashi in Tokyo.

The two adopted a plan to boost co-operation on defence and economic security.

That includes formal talks on an intelligence-sharing pact, in the face of growing threats from China and Russia.

Japan and Canada will also hold joint military exercises, and some with the United States.

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Both countries say they are trying to shore up the rules-based international order that Russia violated by invading Ukraine.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 11, 2022.

— With files from The Associated Press.

Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press

by Canadian Press

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