The 7th Trilateral Partnership Program was held in Tokyo and Hiroshima in Japan, on March 27-30, 2019. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan hosted the Program this year which invited working-level officials from various ministries of the three countries to enhance mutual understanding and exchange views on the significance of trilateral cooperation. During the Program, the participants paid visits to Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Mr. Suzuki Norikazu and the incumbent member of House of Councilors and former Deputy Secretary-General of the TCS, Ms. Matsukawa Rui, which was followed by group discussions among the participants on the important areas of trilateral cooperation, namely, economy, environment and people-to-people exchanges. The Participants also took a train trip to Hiroshima on the following day to visit Peace Memorial Park and had a dialogue with a survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bomb.
Through this 4-day program, participants shared the view that it is important to promote mutual friendship among neighboring countries, and agreed to continue communication and cooperation in the future.
The 8th Program will be hosted by China, in 2020.
* The Trilateral Partnership Program was launched following the decision made by the leaders of the three countries in 2010. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the three countries have been organizing the Program annually on a rotational basis.
