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Press Releases (Visits and Events)
June 2008

Visits

• Japan to Send Observers to the Eleventh Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU Summit) (30th-1st)
• Visit to Japan by High School Students from India under the Japan-East Asia Network of Exchange for Students and Youths (17th - 26th)
• Visit of Mr. Itsunori Onodera, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Iran (in connection with the kidnapping incident of the Japanese national in Iran) (15th - 17th)
• Japan-Egypt Consultations on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (15th)
• Mr. Masahiko Koumura, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Attend the International Conference in Support of Afghanistan (11th - 12th)
• The Second Japan-SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) Symposium (10th - 11th)
• Visit to Japan of His Excellency Mr. Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (18th - 22nd)
• Dispatch of Special Envoy of the Prime Minister of Japan on Climate Change (8th - 13th)
• Visit to Japan by the Delegation of Mr. Naseer Al-Ani, Head of Presidential Council of the Republic of Iraq (4th - 12th)
• Visit to Japan of His Excellency Mr. Ban Ki-moon Secretary-General of the United Nations and Mrs. Ban(Yoo) Soon-taek (28th - 1st July)
• Visit to Japan by Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen of the Republic of Finland (7th - 11th)
• Dispatch of the First Group of the Japanese High School Students to China (Japan-China Youth Friendship Exchange Year) (10th - 16th)
• Visit of Indian Youths (Winners of Japanese Language Contests) under the Japan-East Asia Network of Exchange for Students and Youths (JENESYS Programme) (3rd - 12th)
• Visit to Japan of the Hon. Mr. Kevin Rudd, MP Prime Minister of Australia and Ms. Thérèse Rein (8th - 12th June)
• Visit to Japan of His Excellency Dr. Abdullah Gül, President of the Republic of Turkey and Mrs. Hayrunnisa Gül (4th - 8th June)

Events

• Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, and Japan-U.S.-Australia Ministerial Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (27th)
• The 11th Meeting of the Japan-Republic of Korea (ROK) Joint Committee on Environmental Cooperation (20th)
• The Seventh Round of Negotiations on the Japan-Switzerland Economic Partnership Agreement (23rd - 27th)
• Working-level Consultations to Consider and to Create a Favorable Environment for the Resumption of the Japan-ROK Economic Partnership Agreement Negotiations (25th)
• Setting up of the Public Relations Booth for the G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit (19th - 9th July)
• Trilateral Meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Japan, the People’s Republic of China, and the Republic of Korea (14th)
• Mr. Masahiko Koumura, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Host Reception to Support International Exchanges of Local Governments in Japan (4th)
• The Sixth Japan-Republic of Korea (ROK) Vice-Ministerial Strategic Dialogue (5th)
• Mr. Hitoshi Kimura, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Attend the OECD Ministerial Council Meeting (MCM) (4th - 5th June)