- The leaders of Australia and Japan have signed the Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA)-a “historic” defence treaty that Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said would “contribute to a secure and stable Indo-Pacific”.
- The RAA treaty was signed during a virtual summit between Morrison and his Australian counterpart, Fumio Kishida.
- The Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) treaty is only Japan’s second such agreement.
- Its only other military pact is with the United States, a status of force agreement that dates back to 1960.
- As per Japanese news agency, Japan will also seek to sign such a pact with the United Kingdom as well as France as the two European countries “have been increasing defence cooperation with Tokyo in response to an increasingly assertive China“.
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