UK says it will begin talks with Japan on deeper defence ties
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Britain said on Tuesday that it would begin formal negotiations with Japan to deepen their defence relationship as part of Britain's shift in strategic focus towards the Indo-Pacific region.
British defence minister Ben Wallace said the talks would seek to create conditions for a deeper and more complex defence engagement programme as well as the terms for UK and Japanese personnel undertaking activity in one another's countries.
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