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Melanie Joly pushes LNG ties in Japan and South Korea, amid North Korea missiles

Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly, left, meets with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at Kishida's official residence in Tokyo Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. (Issei Kato/Pool Photo via AP) Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly, left, meets with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at Kishida's official residence in Tokyo Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. (Issei Kato/Pool Photo via AP)
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Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly says Canada is set to become a major energy supplier for Japan and South Korea.

On a visit to both countries this week, Joly said she found a growing appetite for liquefied natural gas from Canada beyond a looming megaproject.

A major export terminal is set to open in 2025 in Kitimat, B.C., with Japanese and Korean companies holding a 20 per cent stake.

鈥淲e will become a major supplier of key energy for them, starting in 2025,鈥 Joly said in a Thursday interview from Seoul.

鈥淭here is a lot of interest for all of us to go even further.鈥

Joly said these types of projects will help Canada shore up energy security in the region, where China and Russia have been growing increasingly assertive.

鈥淛apan and Korea were already very close to Canada, but it is now in Canada's interest more than ever, that they be best of friends,鈥 she said.

鈥淲e know that there's a lot of instability in the world, and when that's the case, Canada reaches out to the world to create more stability.鈥

Joly said a series of missiles that North Korea launched over Japan this month loomed large in her talks with local officials and the Canadian navy.

She visited HMCS Vancouver, which is undertaking exercises to monitor sanctions on North Korea 鈥渋n view of their reckless actions,鈥 Joly said. That often means monitoring ships that stop near each other, to see whether goods or fuel are being transferred.

In September, the Vancouver sailed through the Taiwan Strait alongside a U.S. warship to demonstrate Canada's position that the area near mainland China counts as international waters.

Joly's visit also touched on existing work to make more Canadian critical minerals available for Asian firms building electric vehicles and parts.

In Tokyo, she co-launched formal talks aimed at having Canada and Japan share military intelligence.

Joly's weeklong visit wraps up Saturday. She said the intent is to build on close ties with allies ahead of an Indo-Pacific strategy that should outline Ottawa's approach to dealing with China.

鈥淭he goal right now is to lay the foundation for the strategy,鈥 she said.

Joly has previously said that a major summit the Chinese Communist Party is holding next week will help inform Canada's Indo-Pacific strategy, which she has promised to release by the end of this year.

Opposition parties have argued the strategy is long overdue, and business groups say they need Ottawa to clarify the regions and industries where it wants closer ties, and which countries Canada deems to be riskier.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 13, 2022.

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