Slovak cabinet backs EU-Japan strategic partnership

The Slovak cabinet at its last regular session before the summer break on Wednesday recommended that parliament and President Zuzana Caputova should approve the EU-Japan Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA) as a legal basis for improving bilateral and multilateral cooperation, the foreign ministry said. The agreement deals with cooperation in areas such as climate change, research and innovation, maritime issues, education, culture, migration, and in combating terror, organised crime and cyber-crime. It also promotes democracy, the rule of law, human rights and fundamental freedoms.