Japan-Syria Relations
Japan-Syria Relations (Archives)
July 19, 2025
2025
- Recent Developments in Syria (Statement by Press Secretary KITAMURA Toshihiro) (July 19, 2025)
- Partial lifting of “asset freezing and other measures imposed on Syrian President Al-Assad and related individuals and entities” (May 30, 2025)
- Recent Developments in Syria (Statement by Press Secretary KITAMURA Toshihiro) (March 14, 2025)
- Exchange of views between Director General of the Middle East and Africa Bureau Ando and Mr. Shaibani, a senior member of the Syrian Care-taker Government (January 17, 2025)
2024
- G7 Leaders’ Statement on Syria (December 12, 2024)
- Recent Developments in Syria (Statement by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi) (December 9, 2024)
- Emergency Grant in response to the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Syria (October 29, 2024)
- Release of the Report of the Investigation and Identification Team on the Perpetrators of the Use of Chemical Weapons in Syria (Statement by Press Secretary KOBAYASHI Maki) (March 1, 2024)
2023
- International Donor's Conference for the people in Türkiye and Syria affected by the earthquakes of February 2023 (March 21, 2023)
- Emergency Grant Aid, etc., in Response to the Earthquake in Türkiye and Syria (February 24, 2023)
- Emergency Assistance to the Syrian Arab Republic in Response to the damages caused by the Earthquake (Handover to Syria) (February 16, 2023)
- Emergency Assistance to the Syrian Arab Republic in Response to the Damages caused by the Earthquake (February 10, 2023)
- Earthquake in the Republic of Türkiye (Statement by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa) (February 7, 2023)
2020
- Supporting the future of Syria and the region, Brussels IV Conference, 2020 (July 6, 2020)
- Release of the First Report of the Investigation and Identification Team on the Perpetrators of the Use of Chemical Weapons in Syria (Statement by Press Secretary OHTAKA Masato) (April 14, 2020)
- Emergency Grant Aid in response to the humanitarian crisis in Northwest Syria (March 10, 2020)
- The Current Situation in Northwest Syria (Statement by Press Secretary OHTAKA Masato) (March 2, 2020)
2019
- Emergency Grant Aid in response to the humanitarian crisis in North-eastern Syria (December 10, 2019)
- Launching of the Syria Constitutional Committee (Statement by Press Secretary OHTAKA Masato) (October 31, 2019)
- The Launch of Military Operation by Turkey in Northeast Syria (Statement by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu) (October 10, 2019)
- UN Secretary General’s Announcement of an Agreement on establishment of a Constitutional Committee (Statement by Press Secretary OTAKA Masato) (September 24, 2019)
- The Situation in Northwest Syria (Statement by Press Secretary Takeshi Osuga) (July 29, 2019)
- Official position of the Government of Japan on Golan Heights (April 10, 2019)
- Liberation of the last stronghold held by ISIL/Daesh (Statement by Foreign Press Secretary Takeshi OSUGA) (March 25, 2019)
- Supporting the future of Syria and the region, Brussels III Conference, 2019 (March 19, 2019)
2018
- Foreign Minister Mr. Taro Kono’s attendance to EU-hosted High Level Meeting on Syria and Japan’s new humanitarian assistance to support the Syrians (September 26, 2018)
- The Situation of Northwest of Syria (Statement by Foreign Press Secretary Osuga Takeshi) (September 10, 2018)
- Supporting the future of Syria and the region, Brussels II Conference, 2018 (April 25, 2018)
- Emergency Grant Aid for three countries in the Middle East affected by Syrian crisis (April 24, 2018)
- Foreign Minister Kono received a courtesy call from Dr. Naser al-Hariri, President of Syrian Negotiations Commission (April 9, 2018)
- Reports of Use of Chemical Weapons in Syria (Statement by Foreign Press Secretary Norio Maruyama) (April 9, 2018)
- Intensification of Tension in Syria (Statement by Press Secretary Norio Maruyama) (February 21, 2018)
2017
- Liberation of Raqqa (Statement by Foreign Press Secretary Norio Maruyama) (October 21, 2017)
- The Arrangement between the U.S., Russia and Jordan on Ceasefire in Southwest Syria (Statement by Foreign Press Secretary Norio Maruyama) (July 10, 2017)
- De-escalation Zones Plan in Syria (Statement by Foreign Press Secretary Norio Maruyama) (May 9, 2017)
- Reports of Use of Chemical Weapons in Syria (Statement by Foreign Press Secretary Norio Maruyama) (April 6, 2017)
2016
- Emergency Grant Aid for improvement of humanitarian situation in Syria (September 16, 2016)
- Arrangement between the United States and Russia on cessation of hostilities in Syria (Statement by Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida) (September 12, 2016)
- Emergency Grant Aid for Vaccination Campaigns in Syria (August 2, 2016)
- Grant Aid Cooperation for Syria Exchange of Notes regarding the “The Project for Transmission of Reliable Electricity to Respond to the Immediate Humanitarian Needs in crisis-affected Communities of Syria” (April 16, 2016)
- Emergency Grant Aid for besieged and hard-to-reach areas in Syria (March 21, 2016)
- Statement by State Minister Muto,The Supporting Syria and the Region Conference London(PDF)
(February 4, 2016)
2015
- Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs on the Adoption of the Resolution by the United Nations Security Council on Syria (December 21, 2015)
- Emergency Grant Aid for Syrian Refugees and Host Communities in Lebanon (September 25, 2015)
- Emergency Grant Aid for the Influx of Refugees and Migrants in Europe (September 25, 2015)
- Statement by Yasuhide Nakayama State Minister for Foreign Affairs at the Third International Humanitarian Pledging Conference for Syria (March 31, 2015)
- Emergency Grant Aid for Syrian Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons, etc. Affected by Cold Wave (February 24, 2015)
2014
2013
- Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs on the Adoption of a Resolution by the United Nations Security Council on Syria (September 28, 2013)
- Emergency Grant Aid for Syrian Refugees and IDPs (September 27, 2013)
- Ministerial Meeting of the Group of Friends of the Syrian People (September 26, 2013)
- Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs on the Agreement between the United States and Russia on the use of chemical weapons in Syria (September 15, 2013)
- Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Reports of Use of Chemical Weapons in Syria (August 22, 2013)
- Emergency Grant Aid for Syrian IDPs and Refugees (June 18, 2013)
- Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan on Japan's New Policy of Support within Syria (June 11, 2012)
