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2014 December 24 - 2015 January 6 [JCP]

This week’s JCP international activities

Shii congratulates Rousseff’s winning second term as Brazil’s president
January 3, 2015

Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo sent a message of congratulations to Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff who was sworn in for her second term in office on January 1. The message was carried by JCP Vice Chair Ogata Yasuo who attended the inaugural ceremony at the invitation of the Brazilian government.

Shii’s message reads:

Please accept our heartfelt congratulations and greetings of solidarity on taking the presidential oath of office for a second term.

We expect that the government you lead as Brazil’s president will achieve further success in the improvement of people’s livelihoods, including the eradication of poverty, economic development which contributes to uplifting people’s living conditions, strengthening of democracy, and other domestic matters. Furthermore, in the diplomatic area, we hope that your country will continue to play its important role in integrating the region through such autonomous structures as the Community of Latin American and Caribbean Countries (CELAC), defending the interests of emerging and developing countries, peacefully solving conflicts, and establishing a democratic international political and economic order based on the fundamental principles in the U.N. Charter.

We sincerely hope that friendship and cooperation between your government and the JCP will advance even further through working together on common tasks in realizing world peace, including promoting a total ban on nuclear weapons, and in promoting social progress.

Ogata in Brazil holds talks with political parties
January 3-5, 2015

Japanese Communist Party Vice Chair Ogata Yasuo, visiting Brazil to attend the inauguration of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, on January 2 visited the head office of the ruling Labor Party in Brasilia and held talks with Monica Valente, party’s international affairs division staff.

They talked about the current situations in Latin America and Northeast Asia, their parties’ activities, and the promotion of relations between the two parties.

Later on the same day in Brasilia, Ogata held talks with Pedro de Oliveira, advisor to the Brazilian Communist Party chair, at the party head office.

In their talks, they mainly exchanged views on how to make their parties bigger and agreed to keep in touch with each other.