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Japan eyes defense logistics agreement with Australia
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TOKYO, Sept. 21 Kyodo -
Japan is considering signing a defense logistics agreement with Australia that
would enable the two countries to share food, fuel and other supplies and
services, according to government sources.
Tokyo currently maintains the so-called acquisition and cross-servicing
agreement only with Washington. A similar agreement with Canberra would likely
help Japan's Self-Defense Forces expand their scope of international
cooperation, but could face resistance from a ruling coalition partner, the
Social Democratic Party.
The SDP, a junior coalition partner of the Democratic Party of Japan and a
champion of the country's war-renouncing Constitution, has been critical of
sending the SDF on overseas missions.
Under the defense logistics agreement between Japan and the United States that
took effect in 1996, the SDF and the U.S. military have been building a
framework for sharing supplies and services necessary for joint drills, U.N.
peacekeeping operations and international humanitarian rescue activities in the
wake of major natural disasters.
Revisions were made to the agreement in 1999 and 2004 to expand the sphere of
logistical cooperation to include security-threatening situations surrounding
Japan and armed attacks on Japan.
An envisaged agreement between Japan and Australia is expected to allow the two
countries to share transport of supplies as well as repair and other services
for joint drills, U.N. peacekeeping operations and international humanitarian
operations, according to the sources.
The SDF cooperated with the Australian military in 2005 for postwar
reconstruction efforts in southern Iraq as well as rescue operations in the
wake of the major earthquake off Sumatra, Indonesia, in 2004.
In December last year, Japan and Australia held defense ministerial talks and
signed a memorandum of understanding that calls for enhanced cooperation
between the SDF and the Australian military in international peace efforts and
anti-terrorism activities.
The two countries have also been stepping up mutual visits of top uniform
defense officials. The Maritime Self-Defense Force and the Australian navy
conducted a joint drill for the first time on Thursday off the coast of Japan.
==Kyodo
2009-09-21 21:51:10
TOKYO, Sept. 21 Kyodo -
Japan is considering signing a defense logistics agreement with Australia that
would enable the two countries to share food, fuel and other supplies and
services, according to government sources.
Tokyo currently maintains the so-called acquisition and cross-servicing
agreement only with Washington. A similar agreement with Canberra would likely
help Japan's Self-Defense Forces expand their scope of international
cooperation, but could face resistance from a ruling coalition partner, the
Social Democratic Party.
The SDP, a junior coalition partner of the Democratic Party of Japan and a
champion of the country's war-renouncing Constitution, has been critical of
sending the SDF on overseas missions.
Under the defense logistics agreement between Japan and the United States that
took effect in 1996, the SDF and the U.S. military have been building a
framework for sharing supplies and services necessary for joint drills, U.N.
peacekeeping operations and international humanitarian rescue activities in the
wake of major natural disasters.
Revisions were made to the agreement in 1999 and 2004 to expand the sphere of
logistical cooperation to include security-threatening situations surrounding
Japan and armed attacks on Japan.
An envisaged agreement between Japan and Australia is expected to allow the two
countries to share transport of supplies as well as repair and other services
for joint drills, U.N. peacekeeping operations and international humanitarian
operations, according to the sources.
The SDF cooperated with the Australian military in 2005 for postwar
reconstruction efforts in southern Iraq as well as rescue operations in the
wake of the major earthquake off Sumatra, Indonesia, in 2004.
In December last year, Japan and Australia held defense ministerial talks and
signed a memorandum of understanding that calls for enhanced cooperation
between the SDF and the Australian military in international peace efforts and
anti-terrorism activities.
The two countries have also been stepping up mutual visits of top uniform
defense officials. The Maritime Self-Defense Force and the Australian navy
conducted a joint drill for the first time on Thursday off the coast of Japan.
==Kyodo
2009-09-21 21:51:10
