Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to Visit European Countries

April 24, 2003

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi will leave Tokyo on April 26 to visit the following European countries - the U.K., Spain, France, Germany and Greece - in this order, to exchange opinions on Japan-Europe relations and the international situation including the situation in Iraq. He will come back to Japan on May 3.
Mr. Koizumi will have talks with the leaders of each country. In Greece, the EU presidency holder, he will have the 12th Japan-EU Summit meeting with Mr. Constantinos Simitis, Prime Minister of Greece, and Mr. Romano Prodi, President of the European Commission, to exchange views on Japan-EU relations, the international situation, and other matters.

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