Overview
- A joint statement set the upgrade and detailed plans for deeper cooperation on economic security and defense.
- Both governments will fortify supply chains for critical minerals and key goods to reduce reliance on any single country.
- Security commitments include support for a free and open Indo-Pacific, coordination between the Mediterranean and Indo-Pacific, and continued Italian force deployments to the region.
- Existing defense links continue through the ACSA logistics pact and the trilateral next-generation fighter program with the United Kingdom.
- The leaders agreed to launch a dedicated space dialogue, while public gestures — including Takaichi singing “Happy Birthday” in Italian — underscored their personal rapport.