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Japan-Bosnia and Herzegovina Relations

October 2009

Basic Data

Diplomatic Relations:

Established in February 1996.

Japanese Nationals:

21 (as of October 2006)

Trade with Japan:

There is little trade between Japan and Bosnia and Herzegovina because of the devastated economic situation in Bosnia.

Japan's Economic Cooperation:

List of Exchange of Notes

Japan has indicated that the total amount of Japan's assistance in the four-year period from 1996 to 1999 would be in the range of 500 million US dollars.

Loans: 4,100 million yen (fiscal1997)

Grant Aid: 2,700 million yen (cumulative total until 2005)

VIP Visits

From Japan to Bosnia and Herzegovina

Year	Name
1996:	Minister for Foreign Affairs Yukihiko Ikeda
1998:	Minister for Foreign Affairs Keizo Obuchi
2001:	Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Ryozo Kato
2004:	Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Isao Matsumiya Special Envoy of the Government of Japan Tatsuo Arima
2007:	Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Midori Matsusihma

From Bosnia and Herzegovina to Japan

Year	Name
1998:	Co-Chairman of the Council of Ministers Haris Silajdzic
1999:	Prime Minister of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik Vice Prime Minister of Republika Srpska Savo Loncar
2004:	Minister of Foreign Affairs Mladen Ivanic
2005:	Chairman of the Council of Ministers Adnan Terzic

Cultural Grant (cumulative total fiscal 1975-2004)

83.1 million yen (Cultural Grant Aid)
21.5 million yen (Grant Assistance for Cultural Grassroots Projects)

• Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the agreement on the formation of a new government in Bosnia and Herzegovina (January 2012)
• Japanese ODA Loan to Bosnia and Herzegovina (October 2009)
• Visit to Japan by H.E. Mr. Sven Alkalaj, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina (October 2009)
• Statement by H.E. Mr. Yukio Takasu, Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations, at the Security Council Debate on the Situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (May 2009)
• Assistance by the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security Project "Community Reconciliation through Poverty Reduction" in Bosnia and Herzegovina (June 2007)
• Ms. Midori Matsushima, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Visit Bosnia and Herzegovina (November 2006)
• Statement by Mr. Koji Haneda, Minister at the Permanent Mission of Japan to the UN, at the Public Meeting of the Security Council on the Situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (November 2005)
• Statement by H.E. Mr. Shinichi Kitaoka, Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan, at the Public Meeting of the Security Council on the Situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (March 2005)
• Statement by H.E. Mr. Shinichi Kitaoka, Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan, at the Public Meeting of the Security Council on the Situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (November 2004)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the National and Local Elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina (October 2002)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the Situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (March 2002)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the Situation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (March 2001)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the Situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (February 2001)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on Municipal Elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina (April 2000)
• Preparations for the Implementation of International Peace Cooperation Assignments for International Electoral Monitoring Activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina (March 2000)
• Dispatch of Polling Supervisors to Bosnia and Herzegovina (March 2000)
• Dispatch of a Political Affairs Officer to the United Nations Special Mission to Afghanistan (UNSMA) (June 1999)

Press Secretary's Press Conference on Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Embassy of Japan in Bosnia and Herzegovina Web Site