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Press Conference by Press Secretary

May 1999

May 25

  1. Passage by the Japanese Diet of the bills related to the Guidelines for Japan-US Defense Cooperation
  2. Tokyo Workshop on Small Arms and Open Symposium "Small Arms and Civil Society" hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 31 May to 3 June
  3. Response of certain Asian nations to the passage by the Japanese Diet of the bills related to the Guidelines for Japan-US Defense Cooperation
  4. Meeting between Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and United States Policy Coordinator for North Korea William Perry
  5. Meeting between Minister for Foreign Affairs Masahiko Koumura and Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov of the Russian Federation
  6. Contacts between the Government of Japan and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran

May 21

  1. Visit to Japan by President Alberto Fujimori of the Republic of Peru
  2. Opening of the Japan-Russia Youth Exchange Center (Obuchi-Yeltsin Center)
  3. Statement by Minister for Foreign Affairs Masahiko Koumura on the approval of new Prime Minister Sergei Stepashin of the Russian Federation
  4. Negotiations for the peace treaty between Japan and the Russian Federation
  5. Japanese assistance for development in the Republic of Peru
  6. Japanese assistance to the Palestinian people

May 18

  1. General Elections in the State of Israel
  2. Possible international political and security roles for Japan
  3. Position of the Government of Japan on sanctions placed after nuclear testing by the Republic of India and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
  4. Role of the international community in relieving debts of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
  5. Position of the Government of Japan on the outcome of elections in the State of Israel
  6. Position of the Government of Japan on the future political situation in the Middle East
  7. The effect of benchmarks on Japanese companies in the Republic of India

May 14

  1. Visit to Japan by Minister of Foreign Affairs Jan Kavan of the Czech Republic from 16 to 18 May
  2. On the coming into effect of the Final Agreement concerning the border issue between the Republic of Peru and the Republic of Ecuador
  3. Dispatch of a mission from the Government of Japan to East Timor and Jakarta from 14 to 22 May
  4. United States forces in the Far East
  5. Reported contacts between the Government of Japan and North Korea
  6. Arrival of Kosovar family in Japan
  7. Possible visit by a high-level Japanese Government official to the Middle East

May 11

  1. Visit to Japan by President Andrés Pastrana Arango of the Republic of Colombia from 10 to 13 May
  2. Response of Japan to the situation in Kosovo
  3. Itinerary of Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi for his visit to Europe to attend the Group of Eight (G8) Summit
  4. Visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and the State of Kuwait by Minister of International Trade and Industry Kaoru Yosano from 29 April to 6 May
  5. Visit to Central Asia by Minister for Foreign Affairs Masahiko Koumura
  6. Diplomatic representation of Japan in the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

May 7

  1. Official Visit to the United States of America by Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi
  2. Statement by Minister for Foreign Affairs Masahiko Koumura on East Timor
  3. Meeting between Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and Special Envoy Viktor Chernomyrdin of the Russian Federation
  4. Visit of Minister for Foreign Affairs Masahiko Koumura to the Republic of Macedonia, the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Uzbekistan
  5. Statement from the Group of Eight Foreign Ministers' Meeting
  6. The Third Preparatory Committee for the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference
  7. Assistance to Kosovo
  8. Japan-U.S. announcements released during the Official Visit to the United States of America by Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi
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