NATO moves toward inviting Indo-Pacific partners to July summit

Consensus emerging to invite Japan PM, others, says host nation Turkey official

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Britain’s Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and NATO Deputy Secretary General Radmila Shekerinska attend the NATO foreign ministers' meeting in Helsingborg, Sweden on May 22. © Reuters

ANKARA -- A consensus is emerging among NATO allies to invite the leaders of Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand to its annual summit to be held in Ankara in July, a senior Turkish government official told Nikkei Asia.