Tokyo - Leaders of Japan and Peru on Monday in Tokyo signed a joint statement to strengthen cooperation in the fight against global warming in their first summit talk in nine years. The statement stipulates that Japan and Peru would focus on mitigation and adaptation measures, and pollution issues.
Japan promised financial aid to Peru in its effort to fight against climate change.
Ahead of a meeting between Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and Peruvian President Alan Garcia, foreign ministers from both nations agreed on 785 million yen (7.8 million dollars) in aid to rebuild schools and water towers destroyed in an earthquake last August.
The two leaders agreed to take action in improving the environment by forest management, promoting clean energy, reducing disaster risks, developing better sanitation and maintaining cleaner water.
To improve drainage and power grids for cleaner water, Japan is to resume yen loans of about 22.1 billion yen (214.92 million dollars) to Peru, according to Kyodo News Agency.
Bilateral relations were frozen since former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori sought exile in Japan due to a corruption scandal in November 2000.
The Japanese government refused to hand him over because he held Japanese citizenship and the two nations had no extradition treaty, it said.
Garcia was in Japan for a three-day visit.
