Japan, Britain vow to deepen ties toward free and open Indo-Pacific

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and his British counterpart Elizabeth Truss on Friday pledged to enhance cooperation toward a free and open Indo-Pacific.In their first telephone talks since Truss assumed her new post earlier this week, Motegi welcomed the launch of a trilateral security pact involving Britain, the United States and Australia, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said, in their apparent effort to counter China's growing clouts.The meeting came after the British aircraft carrier the Queen Elizabeth took part in joint exercises involving the United States and made a port …READ FULL ARTICLE