Visit to Japan by Dr. Haris Silajdzic, Co-chair of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina

June 19, 1998

1. Dr. Haris Silajdzic, Co-chair of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, will visit Japan from June 22 (Mon.) to 25 (Thu.) at the invitation of the Japanese Foreign Minister, Mr. Keizo Obuchi. When Mr. Obuchi visited Bosnia and Herzegovina last April, he extended an invitation to Dr. Silajdzic to visit Japan.

2. During his stay in Japan, Dr. Silajdzic will exchange views with Japanese officials and people from the private sector. Dr. Silajdzic will also give a lecture (in the afternoon of June 24 at the University of Tokyo) on the situation in Bosnia, and on his specialty, Islamic culture in the former Yugoslavia region.