Cablegate: Bosnia and Herzegovina Peace Implementation
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TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 3494
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SUBJECT: BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA PEACE IMPLEMENTATION
COUNCIL STEERING BOARD MEETING: JAPAN'S RESPONSE
REF: STATE 99444
(SBU) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered reftel
demarche to MOFA Central and South Eastern Europe Division
Bosnia and Herzegovina Desk Officer Yoshiaki Makino on June
19, 2006. On June 20, the division's Ishigaki responded that
Japan holds similar positions to those listed on the
non-paper, highlighting Japan's support for the June 2007
timeline for phasing out the Office of the High
Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina (OHR) and welcoming
the EU Special Representative Office's lead in a post-OHR
Peace Implementation Council-like coordinating body.
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