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What's New May 1999

May 28

• Foreign Minister Masahiko Koumura to Visit Russia
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the fighting between Indian and Pakistani troops in Kashimir
• Emergency Aid to Peru for Flood Disaster Relief

May 27

• Emergency Aid to Pakistan for Cyclone Disaster Relief

May 26

• "Tokyo Workshop on Small Arms" and Public Symposium "Small Arms and Civil Society"
• Press Conference by the Press Secretary 25 May, 1999
  • Passage by the Japanese Diet of the bills related to the Guidelines for Japan-US Defense Cooperation
  • Tokyo Workshop on Small Arms and Open Symposium "Small Arms and Civil Society" hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 31 May to 3 June

May 25

• U.S. Poll on Opinions Toward Japan
  • Summary of the 1999 Survey in the United States of Opinions toward Japan
  • 1999 Survey in the United States of Opinions toward Japan

May 24

• Press Conference by the Press Secretary 21 May, 1999
  • Visit to Japan by President Alberto Fujimori of Peru
  • Opening of the Japan-Russia Youth Exchange Center (Obuchi-Yeltsin Center)
  • Statement by Foreign Minister Masahiko Koumura on the approval of new Prime Minister Sergei Stepashin of Russia

May 21

• Statement by Foreign Minister Masahiko Koumura on the Hatching of a Baby Japanese Crested Ibis
• Opening of the "Japan-Russia Youth Exchange Center" (Obuchi-Yeltsin Center)
• Dispatch of Special Envoy to the Inauguration Ceremony of the President of Nigeria

May 20

• Statement by Foreign Minister Masahiko Koumura on the Approval of the New Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Sergei Stepashin
• Policy Speech by Professor Keizo Takemi, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Japan
  • African Development in the New Millennium and the Role of Japan
  • Japan's Policy toward Africa

May 19

• Consulate General of Japan in Strasbourg is now on line!
• Statement by Foreign Minister Masahiko Koumura on Results of the General Election in Israel
• Press Conference by the Press Secretary 18 May, 1999
  • General Elections in the State of Israel

May 18

• Emergency Aid to Burundi for Returned Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons
• Emergency Aid to the Sudan to Combat the Outbreak of Meningitis
• Embassy of Japan in Canada (Updated)
• Japan's Comprehensive Plan for Development and Debt Relief for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries

May 17

• On the Coming into Effect of the Final Agreement concerning the Border Issue between Peru and Ecuador (Statement by the Press Secretary)
• Press Conference by the Press Secretary 14 May, 1999
  • Visit to Japan by Foreign Minister Jan Kavan of the Czech Republic from 16 to 18 May
  • On the coming into effect of the Final Agreement on the border issue between Peru and Ecuador
  • Dispatch of a mission from Japan to East Timor and Jakarta from 14 to 22 May

May 14

• Dispatch of a Government Election Observation Mission for the General Elections in Indonesia

May 13

• Japan-Peru Relations (Updated)
• Dispatch of A Mission To East Timor
• Visit to Japan of Mr. Jan Kavan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic

May 12

• Press Conference by the Press Secretary 11 May, 1999
  • Visit to Japan by President Andrés Pastrana Arango of Colombia from 10 to 13 May

May 11

• Second Joint Status Report on the U.S.-Japan Enhanced Initiative on Deregulation and Competition Policy

May 10

• Press Conference by the Press Secretary 7 May, 1999
  • Official Visit to U.S.A. by Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi
  • Statement by Foreign Minister Masahiko Koumura on East Timor
  • Meeting between Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and Special Envoy Viktor Chernomyrdin of Russia
  • Visit of Foreign Minister Masahiko Koumura to Macedonia, Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan
  • Statement from the Group of Eight Foreign Ministers' Meeting
  • The Third Preparatory Committee for the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference

May 6

• On the Decision to Assist Various Mine-related Projects to be Implemented by the International Organizations (First Meeting of States Parties to the Ottawa Convention against Anti-Personnel Landmines)
• Statement by Foreign Minister Masahiko Koumura on Realization of "ASEAN 10" by Cambodia's Accession to ASEAN

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