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Press Conference by Press Secretary

February 2004

27 February

  1. Signing of the Agreement Amending the Acquisition and Cross-servicing Agreement (ACSA)
  2. Change of itinerary for upcoming visit to Japan by Minister of Foreign Affairs Dominique de Villepin of the French Republic
  3. Upcoming visit to Japan by Executive Secretary of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas
  4. Upcoming visit to Japan by Minister for Foreign Affairs Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka of the Republic of Kenya
  5. Increase of number of vehicles to be donated to Iraqi police
  6. Follow-up questions concerning amended ACSA
  7. Question concerning China's stance at six-party talks on North Korea

24 February

  1. Upcoming Japan-United Mexican States negotiation on economic partnership agreement
  2. Training program of Japan-Egypt Medical Technical Cooperation for Iraq
  3. Emergency grant assistance for Afghan returnees
  4. Emergency grant aid for the program for road mine clearance in Afghanistan
  5. Formulation of basic plan for power supply in Iraq
  6. Question concerning upcoming six-party talks on North Korea
  7. Question concerning development plans for construction of rapid train system in China
  8. Question concerning International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER)
  9. Question concerning possible US beef import in Mexico

20 February

  1. Signing of the Agreement on Social Security between Japan and the United States of America
  2. Dispatch of survey team to promote the formulation of grant aid projects for reconstruction assistance to Iraq
  3. Grant assistance for Japanese NGO projects in Iraq
  4. Upcoming visit to Japan by Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan
  5. Upcoming visit to Japan by Minister of Foreign Affairs Dominique de Villepin of the French Republic
  6. Telephone conversation between Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoriko Kawaguchi and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Jack Straw of the United Kingdom
  7. Question concerning dispatch of SDF to Iraq
  8. Questions concerning upcoming six-party talks on North Korea issues
  9. Follow-up question concerning Foreign Minister Kawaguchi's conversation with Foreign Secretary Straw
  10. Questions concerning visit to Japan by Peruvian mission regarding possible extradition of Mr. Alberto Fujimori

17 February

  1. Signing of the Agreement between Japan and the Republic of Korea on Social Security
  2. Assistance for Supporting Community-engaged Poverty Reduction Project in Kingdom of Cambodia
  3. Upcoming meeting of Japan-United States of America Commission on Arms Control, Disarmament, Nonproliferation and Verification
  4. Upcoming trilateral coordination meeting among Japan, United States of America and Republic of Korea on North Korea
  5. Follow-up questions concerning Japan-US Commission on Arms Control and Nonproliferation
  6. Questions concerning recent visit to North Korea by Japanese Government officials
  7. Questions concerning recent visit by Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Ichiro Fujisaki to Islamic Republic of Pakistan

13 February

  1. Appointment of Mr. Toshiyuki Niwa as the Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF
  2. Ministerial meeting on the Western Balkans to be held in Tokyo
  3. Meeting between the ministers of the Palestinian Authority and Foreign Minister Kawaguchi
  4. Questions concerning the visit by Japanese Foreign Ministry officials to North Korea
  5. Question concerning meeting between ministers of the Palestinian Authority and Foreign Minister Kawaguchi
  6. Follow-up questions concerning North Korea
  7. Question concerning Japan's ban on US beef

10 February

  1. Friendly soccer match between Japan and Iraq to be held
  2. Grassroots grant aid to Iraq
  3. Statement concerning the situation in Cyprus
  4. Ninth Japan-China Security Dialogue
  5. Visit to Japan by US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick
  6. Upcoming visit to Japan by President Gusmao of Timor Leste

6 February

  1. Accession by Libya to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)
  2. Upcoming Third Japan-Palestinian Ministerial Political Consultation Meeting in Tokyo
  3. Question concerning upcoming six-party talks
  4. Question concerning a mission dispatched from Japan to ASEAN countries to promote the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction

3 February

  1. Visit by Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Ichiro Aisawa to Timor Leste and to Bali, Republic of Indonesia
  2. Questions concerning possible next round of six-nation talks on North Korea
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