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2015 June 17 - 23 [JCP]

This week’s JCP international activities

Shii says farewell to outgoing Vietnamese ambassador

Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo on June 22 met with outgoing Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Doan Xuan Hung at the JCP head office to say farewell.

Shii expressed his gratitude for the ambassador’s service during his three-and-a-half years of tenure and said that through various opportunities, such as a meeting with Nguyen Phu Trong, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) in Vietnam in 2013, the JCP further developed relations with the CPV into a new stage, worked together for peace and the elimination of nuclear weapons, and promoted theoretical exchanges. He expressed his hope that the friendly relations with Vietnam, which were first developed during the Vietnam War era, will be even further developed.

The ambassador appreciated the ongoing development of relations between the two countries as well as between the two communist parties during his tenure in Japan. He congratulated Shii on the JCP advance in the latest nationwide local elections and the 2014 general election.

Past related article:
> JCP & CPV confirm cooperation for peace in East Asia [September 25, 2013]

Shii attends ceremony commemorating 50th anniversary of normalization of Japan-ROK relations

Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo on June 22 attended a ceremony held in Tokyo to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the normalization of Japan-South Korea diplomatic relations.

Shii exchanged greetings with South Korean Ambassador to Japan Yoo Heung-soo, Korea-Japan Parliamentarians’ Union Acting Chair Kim Tae Hwan, and Korean Residents Union in Japan (Mindan) President Oh Gongtae, and expressed the JCP’s determination to work to have the two countries achieve true reconciliation and friendship.

JCP Vice Chair Ichida Tadayoshi and JCP member of the House of Representatives Kasai Akira also attended the reception.