March 7, 8 & 12, 2012
Ogata attends Moroccan reception
Japanese Communist Party Vice Chair Ogata Yasuo on March 6 attended a reception held to welcome the visiting Kingdom of Morocco’s Dr. Saad Dine El Otmani, minister of Foreign Affairs, in Tokyo. Ogata talked with Dr. Otmani and Charge D’Affaire Samir Arrour as well as other guests.
Shii holds talks with delegates of Arab Ambassadors Council
Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo on March 7 at the JCP Head Office received four delegates of the Arab Ambassadors Council, and shared views on the Palestinian issue and the nuclear issue in the Middle East.
Shii explained the JCP position on the Middle East question: Israel’s withdrawal from the occupied area; realization of the Palestinian right of national self-determination including the establishment of their independent state; and mutual recognition of the right of survival.
Palestine Ambassador Waleed Ali Siam called for the Japanese government’s support at the United Nations General Assembly over an independent state of Palestine and Japan’s cooperation to mutually upgrade diplomatic envoys.
Shii pledged to put pressure on the Japanese government to recognize an independent Palestinian state.
Ambassador Siam said that he is opposed both to Iran developing nuclear weapons and to Israel possessing nuclear weapons.
Shii also stressed that Israel’s threat to attack Iran by using the excuse of preventing nuclear weapons development should be foiled by all means. He stated that the JCP will cooperate in the effort to bring about international negotiations for a nuclear-free Middle East and the elimination of nuclear weapons as was agreed to in the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference.
The visitors were:Waleed Ali Siam, Palestine ambassador, (Arab Ambassadors Council chair), Yousef Bilal, Qatar Ambassador, Giuma Oun, Libyan Charge d’affaires, and Ahmed Magdy, Egypt’s third secretary.
Ogata holds talks with French expert on foreign policy
Japanese Communist Party Vice Chair Ogata Yasuo on March 10 at the JCP Head Office held talks with Alain Gresch, deputy director of Le Monde diplomatique, who is visiting Japan at the invitation of the Foreign Ministry.
The two talked about Japan’s foreign relations, Japan’s relations with the United States and Asian countries, the situation of the French presidential election, the Middle East situations, and relations between the JCP and Arab countries.
Japanese Communist Party Vice Chair Ogata Yasuo on March 6 attended a reception held to welcome the visiting Kingdom of Morocco’s Dr. Saad Dine El Otmani, minister of Foreign Affairs, in Tokyo. Ogata talked with Dr. Otmani and Charge D’Affaire Samir Arrour as well as other guests.
Shii holds talks with delegates of Arab Ambassadors Council
Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo on March 7 at the JCP Head Office received four delegates of the Arab Ambassadors Council, and shared views on the Palestinian issue and the nuclear issue in the Middle East.
Shii explained the JCP position on the Middle East question: Israel’s withdrawal from the occupied area; realization of the Palestinian right of national self-determination including the establishment of their independent state; and mutual recognition of the right of survival.
Palestine Ambassador Waleed Ali Siam called for the Japanese government’s support at the United Nations General Assembly over an independent state of Palestine and Japan’s cooperation to mutually upgrade diplomatic envoys.
Shii pledged to put pressure on the Japanese government to recognize an independent Palestinian state.
Ambassador Siam said that he is opposed both to Iran developing nuclear weapons and to Israel possessing nuclear weapons.
Shii also stressed that Israel’s threat to attack Iran by using the excuse of preventing nuclear weapons development should be foiled by all means. He stated that the JCP will cooperate in the effort to bring about international negotiations for a nuclear-free Middle East and the elimination of nuclear weapons as was agreed to in the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference.
The visitors were:Waleed Ali Siam, Palestine ambassador, (Arab Ambassadors Council chair), Yousef Bilal, Qatar Ambassador, Giuma Oun, Libyan Charge d’affaires, and Ahmed Magdy, Egypt’s third secretary.
Ogata holds talks with French expert on foreign policy
Japanese Communist Party Vice Chair Ogata Yasuo on March 10 at the JCP Head Office held talks with Alain Gresch, deputy director of Le Monde diplomatique, who is visiting Japan at the invitation of the Foreign Ministry.
The two talked about Japan’s foreign relations, Japan’s relations with the United States and Asian countries, the situation of the French presidential election, the Middle East situations, and relations between the JCP and Arab countries.
