Brief Summary of the G7 Transport Ministers’ Meeting
2016/9/26
・The G7 Transport Ministers’ Meeting is a meeting in which the G7 Transport Ministers and the European Commissioner for Transport get together, and take up as themes important issues relating to transport, and the society as a whole and discuss their future direction. The first such meeting was held in Frankfurt, Germany last year, and this is the second meeting of this kind, and the first such meeting held in Japan.
・At the meeting, the G7 Transport Ministers and the European Commissioner for Transport had discussions on “Development and widespread utilization of advanced technology for vehicles and roads” and “Basic strategy for developing new transport infrastructure and renovating aging and deteriorated transport infrastructure,” and announced the Ministers’ Declaration for each of them.
Summary
1. Date: Friday, September 23 - Sunday, September 25, 2016
2. Venue: Karuizawa Prince Hotel, Karuizawa-machi, Kitasaku-gun, Nagano
3. Agenda:(1) “Development and widespread utilization of advanced technology for vehicle and roads"
(2) “Basic strategy for developing new transport infrastructure and renovating aging and deteriorated transport infrastructure”
4. Participants:
・Japan: The Honorable Keiichi Ishii, Minister of Land, Infrastructure,
Transport and Tourism (Chair)
・Canada: The Honorable Marc Garneau, Minister of Transport
・France: Mr. Francois Poupard, Director General for Infrastructure,
Transport and the Sea
・Germany: The Honorable Alexander Dobrindt, Federal Minister of Transport and
Digital Infrastructure,
・Italy: The Honorable Graziano Delrio, Minister of Infrastructures and Transport
・UK: The Honorable Chris Grayling, Secretary of State for Transport
・The U.S.: The Honorable Anthony Foxx, Secretary of Transportation
・EU: The Honorable Violeta Bulc, European Commissioner for Mobility
and Transport
For the brief summary, please refer to the attachment.
Attached Documents
Brief Summary of the G7 Transport Ministers’ Meeting（PDF形式）
The G7 Transport Ministers’ Meeting Declaration (Infrastructure)（PDF形式）
The G7 Transport Ministers’ Meeting Declaration (Automobile and Road)（PDF形式）
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