TOKYO (Nikkei)--Japan and Australia have informally agreed to adopt a framework that would enable Japan's Self-Defense Forces and Australian military forces to provide food, fuel and other logistical support to each other during peacekeeping operations, disaster-relief missions and other activities, the Nikkei reports in its Sunday edition.
It would be Japan's second Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement, after the one signed with the U.S. in 1996. In 2004, the scope of that pact was expanded to include ammunition supply.
The talks will enter the final stage when Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada visits Australia on Feb. 20-21.
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