Press Conference by Press Secretary

April 2000

25 April

  1. Details of the Second Japan-South Pacific Forum Summit Meeting (PALM 2000)
  2. Announcement on Minister for Foreign Affairs Yohei Kono's upcoming visit to Southeast Asia
  3. Details of documents submitted by Japan to the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference
  4. Visit to the Russian Federation by former Prime Minister and Senior Policy Adviser to the Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto
  5. Announcement on the New Japan-Mexico 21st Century Committee Meeting
  6. Information concerning the upcoming hosting of the South-Eastern Europe High Level Conference
  7. Japan-Russian Federation relations in light of Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori's upcoming visit
  8. Follow-up question on the NPT Review Conference

21 April

  1. Visit to G8 countries by Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori
  2. Itinerary of the visit to the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Kingdom of Sweden by Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress of Japan
  3. Japan's participation in the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) 2000 Review Conference
  4. Japan's position on the presidential elections in the Republic of Peru
  5. Announcement on the holding of the Eurasia Economic Summit

18 April

  1. Hosting of the Second Japan-South Pacific Forum Summit Meeting (PALM 2000)
  2. Announcement on the implementation of the destruction of abandoned chemical weapons in the People's Republic of China
  3. Visit to Japan of President Abdurrahman Wahid of the Republic of Indonesia
  4. Meeting between United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Sadako Ogata and Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori and Minister for Foreign Affairs Yohei Kono
  5. Japan's response to the official announcement by the State of Israel to withdraw its forces in the Republic of Lebanon
  6. Appointment of two Japanese professors to the Sub-commission on the Protection and Protection of Human Rights
  7. Meeting of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Inter-sessional Group (ISG) on Confidence Building Measures
  8. Regarding the visit to Japan of the Dalai Lama
  9. Relationship between the G8 and the G77 developing countries
  10. Follow-up question on the Three Principles
  11. Other issues

14 April

  1. Visit to Japan by President Abdurrahman Wahid of the Republic of Indonesia
  2. Visit to Japan by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Sadako Ogata
  3. Comments of the Government of Japan on the 2000 National Trade Estimate (NTE) Report
  4. Hosting of the High Level Conference on Southeastern Europe
  5. Establishment of the Summit Opinion Box for the Kyushu-Okinawa Summit
  6. In regard to Japan's relations with the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Islamic State of Afghanistan
  7. In regard to the issuance of a visa to the Dalai Lama
  8. Other issues

11 April

  1. Telephone conversations between Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori and the leaders of various countries
  2. Japan's position on the announcement of the summit meeting to take place between the Republic of Korea and North Korea
  3. Statement on the postponement of the parliamentary and local elections in the Republic of Haiti
  4. Additional debt relief measures for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPCs)
  5. Announcement on the outcomes of the G8 Environment Ministers' Meeting
  6. Meeting between Minister for Foreign Affairs Yohei Kono and President Arpad Goncz of the Republic of Hungary
  7. Follow-up question on Prime Minister Mori's telephone conversations
  8. Question on the results of the G8 Environment Ministers' Meeting
  9. Comments made by Governor of Tokyo Shintaro Ishihara about foreigners in Japan
  10. Japan's position on the issuance of a visa for the Dalai Lama to enter Japan
  11. Japan's stance on further bombing by the United States of America of the Republic of Iraq
  12. Meeting between Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Ryozo Kato and senior officials of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran
  13. Other issues

7 April

  1. Announcement on telephone conversations between Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori and the leaders of other states
  2. Meeting between Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori and Mr. Zheng Qinghong, Head of the Organization Department of the Communist Party of the People's Republic of China
  3. Normalization negotiations with North Korea
  4. Questions on Prime Minister Mori's schedule
  5. Questions on the normalization negotiations with North Korea
  6. Questions on the situation of the kidnapped Japanese nationals in North Korea
  7. Question on reports of a visit to Japan by the Dalai Lama

4 April

  1. Expression of gratitude for messages received for the recovery of Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi
  2. The position of the United States of America with respect to the enlargement of the Security Council of the United Nations
  3. Reaction to the report by Secretary-General Kofi Annan of the United Nations concerning the Millennium Summit
  4. Report on the visit to the Middle East by Senior State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Shozo Azuma
  5. Questions on Senior State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Shozo Azuma's return to Japan from the Middle East
  6. Questions concerning the situation with respect to Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi
  7. Talks with North Korea

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