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Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the missile test-firing by Pakistan

April 15, 1999

  1. It is extremely regrettable that, following the test of missile-firing yesterday, Pakistan test-fired a missile again on April 15. This testing could be detrimental to the peace and stability of the region, and Japan requests Pakistan to immediately halt further missile test-firing.

  2. Japan urges Pakistan to seriously respond to the voice of the international community, which apprehends the nuclear arms and missile development race caused by the successive test-firing by India and Pakistan and sincerely expects the progress of dialogues and the alleviation of tensions between the two countries.

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