Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, on Libya's Constitutional Assembly election

July 9, 2012
Japanese

Japan welcomes the holding of a Constitutional Assembly election in Libya on Saturday, July 7, for the first time since the collapse of the Gaddafi regime, in a largely peaceful manner without major confusion.
Japan hopes that, based on the results of the election, the democratization process including the drafting of a new constitution, as well as a new nation-building will move ahead smoothly.
Japan intends to continue to support these efforts by Libya.

(*This is a provisional translation. The above date denotes the date of the issue of the original press version in Japanese.)

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