Delivery of Written Appointment from Mr. Kishida, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Appointing Mr. Yohei Sasakawa, Chairman of the Nippon Foundation, as Special Envoy of the Government of Japan for National Reconciliation in Myanmar

February 25, 2013
Japanese

photo:Delivery of Written Appointment from Mr. Kishida, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Appointing Mr. Yohei Sasakawa, Chairman of the Nippon Foundation, as Special Envoy of the Government of Japan for National Reconciliation in Myanmar-1

On February 25 from 10:00 a.m., Mr. Fumio Kishida, Minister for Foreign Affairs, delivered a written appointment from the Cabinet to Mr. Yohei Sasakawa, Chairman of the Nippon Foundation, appointing him as Special Envoy of the Government of Japan for National Reconciliation in Myanmar. An overview of the delivery procedure is as follows:

At the opening of the meeting, Minister Kishida delivered a written appointment from the Cabinet to Chairman Yohei Sasakawa appointing him as Special Envoy of the Government of Japan for National Reconciliation in Myanmar. Subsequently, Minister Kishida stated that he had learned that the Nippon Foundation had built up a strong sense of trust with both the Government of Myanmar and ethnic minorities in Myanmar through school construction projects, medicinal delivery projects, projects for the training of public officers, etc., over many years, and requested the continued contribution of the Nippon Foundation for the development of Myanmar, including support for regions with Myanmar’s ethnic minorities.
In response to the above, Special Envoy Sasakawa stated that while reconciliation between the government and armed groups of ethnic minorities has been a problem in Myanmar for over 60 years, there is hope for a solution to the ethnic minority issues in Myanmar as the government, ethnic minorities and opposition parties share a common wish for national unification.<.li>
Minister Kishida and Special Envoy Sasakawa shared the view that they would coordinate with each other to promote support for the solution of the ethnic minority issues in Myanmar.

[Reference]
On February 19, a Cabinet decision was made to appoint Mr. Yohei Sasakawa, the Chairman of the Nippon Foundation, as Japan’s Special Envoy of the Government of Japan for National Reconciliation in Myanmar to help achieve ethnic reconciliation in Myanmar.

(* The foregoing is a provisional translation. The date indicated above denotes the date of issue of the original in Japanese.)

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