(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Tokyo April 28 - Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera and his Australian counterpart David Johnston agreed Monday to expand technological cooperation in defense equipment after Japan relaxed its arms embargo.
Johnston also expressed support for Japan's move toward lifting its ban on exercising the right to collective self-defense Onodera told reporters after the talks in the western coastal city of Perth in Australia Japan's News Agency (Kyodo) reported.
The meeting came after summit talks in early April between Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Australian counterpart Tony Abbott in Tokyo.
The leaders agreed to start negotiations for a framework agreement on joint development of defense equipment.
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