On behalf of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation (Minato-ku, Tokyo), Mr. Nobuo Tanaka, the chairman of the foundation, presented Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Iwao Horii with a document entitled "Policy Recommendations by the Quadripartite Commission on the Indian Ocean Regional Security: Towards a more stable security environment in the Indian Ocean region" on July 23, 2018.
Upon receiving the document, Horii said, "I believe we need to cooperate on diplomatic, economic and security aspects of the Indian Ocean. I hope that Japan, the United States, India and Australia can construct their foreign policies on the basis of mutual understandings, including those outlined in this document. I will ensure that these recommendations are taken seriously and shared with a wide range of stakeholders, both inside and outside of the government."
Policy Recommendations by the Quadripartite Commission on the Indian Ocean Regional Security: Towards a more stable security environment in the Indian Ocean region
Stabilization of the security environment in the Indian Ocean region is extremely important for the peace and prosperity of the international community and the sustainable development of the region. For this reason, beginning in 2016 the Sasakawa Peace Foundation conducted a two-year collaborative research project in coordination with three research institutes in the United States, Australia and India – all countries that are much involved in the Indian Ocean region and that share democratic values – in order to examine the policies that the countries should adopt with regard to the region in the future. Based on the results of the study, the Quadripartite Commission on the Indian Ocean Regional Security formulated policy recommendation entitled "Policy Recommendations by the Quadripartite Commission on the Indian Ocean Regional Security: Towards a more stable security environment in the Indian Ocean region."
For details on the policy recommendation document, please refer to the following page:
https://www.spf.org/en/spfnews/information/20170817.html
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