Asia (bbabo.net), - The Japanese government has begun preparations for a summer summit with five Central Asian countries: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is expected to arrive. This was reported by the Kyodo agency.

The option of organizing a meeting in Kazakhstan in August is currently being explored. The exact schedule will be confirmed later. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will take part from Japan. It is expected that the parties will primarily discuss economic cooperation, TASS quotes.

Since 2004, Japan has regularly held meetings with the five Central Asian countries at the level of foreign ministers. This year marks the 20th anniversary of this format, and therefore the parties intend to upgrade its status to a summit.

Traditionally, the Central Asian states have close ties with Russia and China. Japan also considers it important to develop relations with states located in this region, since they have large mineral reserves.

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