Visit to Japan by Dr. Wolfgang Schuessel, Federal Chancellor of the Republic of Austria

April 17, 2006

From April 23 (Sun) to 25 (Tue), Dr. Wolfgang Schuessel, Federal Chancellor of the Republic of Austria, will visit Japan as Presidency of the European Union (EU).
During his stay in Japan, Dr. Schuessel will attend the 15th Japan-EU Summit Meeting and will also have talks with Mr. Junichiro Koizumi, Prime Minister of Japan, and others to exchange views on such matters as bilateral relations and the international situation.
This will be the first visit by a Federal Chancellor of Austria in 16 years since Mr. Franz Vranitzky, then Chancellor visited Japan in 1989.

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