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Press Conference by Press Secretary

December 1999

21 December

  1. Announcement on the Donors' Meeting for East Timor
  2. Announcement on the G8 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Berlin on conflict prevention
  3. Announcement on the visit to Kosovo and the Republic of Macedonia of Minister for Foreign Affairs Yohei Kono
  4. Announcement on the resumption of the Red Cross-Red Cross talks between Japan and North Korea
  5. Questions regarding the resumption of talks in North Korea and matters relating to the signing of an agreement at the Red Cross-Red Cross talks

17 December

  1. Announcement on the Red Cross-Red Cross talks and the resumption of normalization negotiations with North Korea
  2. Announcement on the Japan-Russia front
  3. Announcement on the Japan-France Bilateral Summit Meeting
  4. Issues relating to Japan's contribution of assistance to East Timor
  5. Questions regarding the preparatory talks for the resumption of normalization negotiations with North Korea
  6. Questions relating to issues raised at the Japan-France Bilateral Summit and other issues

14 December

  1. Attendance of Senior Policy Advisor Ryutaro Hashimoto at the commemorative ceremonies to return Macau to the People's Republic of China
  2. Outcome of the Council Meeting of the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO)
  3. Specific details of the contract to be entered into between KEDO and the Korean Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO)
  4. Regarding the possible pregnancy of Her Imperial Highness Crown Princess Masako
  5. Statement on the lifting of steps taken against North Korea and preparatory talks for the resumption of normalization negotiations between Japan and North Korea

10 December

  1. Announcement on the resumption of the Syrian Track negotiations
  2. Announcement on emergency assistance for displaced persons in the northern Caucasus region in the Russian Federation
  3. Questions relating to the visit to Japan of President Boris Yeltsin of the Russian Federation and the situation in the Republic of Chechnya
  4. Matters regarding the visit to the Republic of Lebanon and the Syrian Arab Republic of Chief Cabinet Councillor on External Affairs Seiichiro Noboru
  5. Question relating to the possible pregnancy of Her Imperial Highness Crown Princess Masako

7 December

  1. Announcement of the 40th Anniversary Symposium on the Quest of Human Security co-hosted by the United Nations and the Japan Institute of International Affairs
  2. Announcement of the Donors' Meeting for East Timor
  3. Issues related to the recent World Trade Organization Ministerial Meeting in Seattle
  4. Matters pertaining to the recent Murayama-Mission to North Korea
  5. Questions relating to the World Trade Organization Meeting in Seattle and other issues
  6. Questions regarding the significance of the recent visit to Japan of Minister for External Affairs Jaswant Singh of the Republic of India
  7. Other related issues

3 December

  1. Announcement on the Establishment of the Northern Ireland Assembly Executive Committee
  2. Announcement on the visit to Japan by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs David Levy of the State of Israel
  3. Questions relating to the visit of former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama to North Korea and the possibility of the normalization of relations
  4. Questions relating to the recent visit to Japan of the Minister for External Affairs Jaswant Singh of the Republic of India and matters pertaining to the normalization of Japan-India bilateral relations and other issues
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