The Prime Minister of Japan, Fumio Kishida, said this Saturday (4) that the sustainable development of the Amazon is a fundamental goal for his country, indicating that he wants to maintain the Japanese contribution in actions aimed at combating deforestation in the region.
“We believe that the development of the Amazon is an important goal for Japan. We will continue contributing to its sustainable development,” said Kishida during a press conference in São Paulo, where he was this weekend for meetings with businesspeople and members of the Japanese community in Brazil.
The prime minister also pointed out that Japan was the first Asian country to contribute to the Amazon Fund, with a donation of R$14 million in February. The fund aims to reduce carbon emissions from deforestation and forest degradation.
He also emphasized Japan's support in combating illegal logging in the Amazon region through radar systems and artificial intelligence.
Kishida was in Brasília on Friday (3) to meet with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT). On the occasion, both announced the launch of the Brazil-Japan Partnership on Environment, Climate, Sustainable Development and Resilient Economies.
The initiative recognizes, according to the Brazilian government, “the importance of addressing energy security, climate change and the environment, in line with the three dimensions of sustainable development” and establishes a series of points in which the two countries intend to cooperate.
At the press conference, the Japanese Prime Minister also showed his desire to cooperate extensively with Latin American countries in strengthening his country's relations with the so-called “Global South”.
Kishida was in Paraguay this week and met with President Santiago Peña.
He defined his trip to Latin America as an opportunity to expand economic cooperation and defend a free and open international order, amid geopolitical tensions in different parts of the world.
Finally, the prime minister once again said that Japan will seek to collaborate with Brazilian priorities in the G20, on the way to the leaders' summit in Rio de Janeiro, in November. Brazil occupies the rotating Presidency of the group this year.
Source: CNN Brasil
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