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Press Conference by Press Secretary

March 2000

31 March

  1. The visit to the Middle East by Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Ryozo Kato
  2. The visit to Japan by Mr. Zeng Qinghong, Head of the Organization Department of the Chinese Communist Party
  3. The 109th Meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Conference
  4. The upcoming Meeting of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Inter-sessional Support Group (ISG) on Confidence Building Measures
  5. Deputy Foreign Minister Kato's discussions with Iranian officials
  6. Question on the timing of the likely visit to Japan by President Seyyed Mohammad Khatami of the Islamic Republic of Iran
  7. Reaction to the recent visit to South Asia by President William Jefferson Clinton of the United States of America

28 March

  1. The visit of Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi to Okinawa
  2. The telephone conversation between Prime Minister Obuchi and President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation
  3. The visit of Minister for Foreign Affairs Yohei Kono to the Republic of Korea
  4. The visit of Senior State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Shozo Azuma to the Middle East
  5. Questions on the visit to the Middle East by Senior State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Shozo Azuma and other related issues
  6. Question on the normalization talks with North Korea
  7. Comments on the participation of African leaders in the July G8 Summit
  8. Question on an Italian national accused of terrorism
  9. The accommodation situation in Okinawa for the July G8 Summit
  10. Other issues

21 March

  1. Japan's position with respect to the election results in Taiwan
  2. Comment on the announcement made by Secretary of State Madeleine Albright of the United States of America on the United States-Islamic Republic of Iran relationship
  3. Meeting to take place between President William Jefferson Clinton of the United States of America and President Hafez Al-Assad of the Syrian Arab Republic
  4. Further issues pertaining to the recent election results in Taiwan
  5. Possibility of a visit to Japan by President Sayed Mohammad Khatami of the Islamic Republic of Iran
  6. Japan's position on the return of four Japanese Red Army members to Japan from the Republic of Lebanon

17 March

  1. Cabinet decision on food assistance to North Korea
  2. Dispatch of a medical team by the Government of Japan to the Republic of Mozambique
  3. Announcement on the Report of Japan's Official Development Assistance (ODA) Evaluation System
  4. Meeting between Minister of Foreign Affairs Yohei Kono and United States Ambassador to the United Nations Richard Holbrook
  5. Question on the meeting between Director-General Tsutomu Kawara of the Defense Agency and Secretary of Defense William Cohen of the United States of America
  6. Questions relating to the Presidential Elections in Taiwan

14 March

  1. Details of the meeting held in Beijing between Japanese and North Korean Red Cross officials
  2. Meeting between Minister for Foreign Affairs Yohei Kono and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ngyuyen Dy Nien of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
  3. Meeting between Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and President Theo-Ben Gurirab of the 54th United Nations General Assembly
  4. Japan's role in negotiating with the parties concerned in the conflict in the Islamic State of Afghanistan
  5. Upcoming visit to Japan of Secretary of Defense William Cohen of the United States of America
  6. Question on the possible resumption date for normalization talks with North Korea

10 March

  1. Announcement on the visit to Japan of President Arpad Goncz of the Republic of Hungary and Mrs. Goncz
  2. Resumption of peace negotiations between the State of Israel and the Palestinian Authority
  3. Invitation to political groups of the Islamic State of Afghanistan to visit Japan
  4. Announcement on the speech of President Kim Dae Jung of the Republic of Korea
  5. Establishment of a liaison office of the Japanese Government in East Timor
  6. Issues relating to the invitation to political groups of Afghanistan to visit Japan
  7. Issues relating to the resumption of the Middle East Peace Process
  8. Question regarding the possible issuance of an entry visa to the Dalai Lama

7 March

  1. Announcement on the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Southern Lebanon
  2. Announcement on additional emergency assistance to the Republic of Mozambique
  3. Meeting of the Japan-US Commission on Arms Control, Disarmament, Nonproliferation and Verification
  4. Meeting between Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and Minister for Foreign Affairs Talbak Nazarov of the Republic of Tajikistan
  5. Announcement on the hosting of the Seminar on Energy Security in Asia
  6. Visit to Japan by United States Ambassador to the United Nations Richard Holbrook
  7. Possibility of resumption of food aid to North Korea
  8. Japan's position on the Italian Republic's role in North Korean issues
  9. Possibility of the release from the Republic of Lebanon of the Japanese Red Army members
  10. Comment on the proposed increase in defense budget by the Government of the People's Republic of China
  11. Promoting the Asian perspective at the upcoming Kyushu-Okinawa Summit

3 March

  1. Visit of their Majesties The Emperor and Empress of Japan to the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Kingdom of Sweden
  2. Announcement on the visit to Japan of the President of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly Theo-Ben Gurirab
  3. Preparations for the implementation of international peace cooperation assignments for the international electoral monitoring activities in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  4. Overview of the Meeting of Japanese Ambassadors to Africa
  5. Questions concerning Japan's proposals regarding anti-piracy patrols in the Malacca Straits
  6. Questions relating to the informal talks held between Japan and North Korea and the resumption of food aid to North Korea
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