Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has announced that he will attend a NATO summit on 29 June in Spain’s capital Madrid.

Speaking at a news conference in Tokyo, Japanese Prime Minister said he will be attending a G7 meeting on June 26 before flying to Spain.

Leaders of Australia and South Korea are also expected to attend the NATO summit in which, Japanese Prime Minister Kishida said, Japan intends to underscore that any unilateral attempt to change status quo by force is impermissible anywhere in the world.

The expected participation of leaders from the Asia Pacific region in the western security alliance’s meeting came amid Washington’s moves to shore up bilateral and multilateral relations in the region to counter China’s expanding economic and military influence.