Press Conference by Press Secretary

March 2002

29 March

  1. Visit to Japan of President Romano Prodi of the European Commission
  2. Dispatch of an electoral observer mission for the presidential election in East Timor
  3. Statement on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina
  4. Cancellation of a meeting between Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Chikara Sakaguchi and North Korean officials
  5. Developments in the situation in the Middle East
  6. Meeting between Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoriko Kawaguchi and Mr. Abu Ala, Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC)

26 March

  1. Visit to Japan by Mr. Abu Ala, Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC)
  2. Letters from Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to Arab leaders on the eve of the Arab Summit Meeting
  3. Symposium on Japan's Economic Structural Reform
  4. Questions concerning a visit by Prime Minister Koizumi to the People's Republic of China
  5. Question concerning dialogue between the Japanese Red Cross Society and the North Korean Red Cross Society
  6. Question regarding a visit to Japan by Vice Premier Wen Jiabao of the People's Republic of China

19 March

  1. Results of the Preparatory Mission for Supporting Afghanistan
  2. Question on a visit to Japan by Minister of Foreign Affairs Marwan Al Muasher of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
  3. Question on a visit to Japan by a Palestinian official
  4. Questions regarding concerns about weapons of mass destruction
  5. Question regarding the meeting of the Reform Advisory Board
  6. Follow-up question on the visit to Japan by President Pervez Musharraf of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan

15 March

  1. Statement on the situation in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
  2. Visit to Japan by President Gustavo Noboa Bejarano of the Republic of Ecuador
  3. Question concerning the attendance of Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoriko Kawaguchi at "The Town Meeting"

12 March

  1. Emergency assistance to the Republic of Cuba for hurricane disaster rehabilitation
  2. Appointment of Ambassador in charge of International Counter-Terrorism Cooperation
  3. Follow-up question on emergency assistance to Cuba

8 March

  1. Announcement of the Seminar on the Dialogue among Civilizations: The Islamic World and Japan
  2. Statement regarding efforts toward Middle East peace
  3. Questions regarding the raising of the unidentified vessel

5 March

  1. Visit to Japan of President Pervez Musharraf of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
  2. Statement on the situation in Kosovo
  3. Question regarding demonstrations against members of the Self-Defense Forces (SDF) in East Timor
  4. Follow-up questions regarding the agenda for Japan-Pakistan summit meetings
  5. Questions on the campaign against terrorism in Afghanistan
  6. Questions concerning personnel changes at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  7. Questions concerning investigations into internal oversights
  8. Question on the situation in the Middle East
  9. Question on a visit to Japan by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Yemen

1 March

  1. Statement concerning the omission of Japan from a US Department of Defense fact sheet listing countries contributing to the campaign against terrorism
  2. Dispatch of political staffer to the United Nations Special Mission in Afghanistan (UNSMA)
  3. Dispatch of a preparatory mission for supporting Afghanistan
  4. Preparations for dispatching an electoral observer mission for the upcoming presidential election in East Timor
  5. Dispatch of election observers for the presidential election in the Republic of Zimbabwe
  6. Questions regarding personnel changes at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  7. Question on the Middle East peace proposal announced by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  8. Question regarding an Asahi Shimbun report of a satellite image
  9. Comment on dissemination of information from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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