Cablegate: Japanese Representation at Forum for the Future

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P 210841Z NOV 06
FM AMEMBASSY TOKYO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 8507
INFO RUEHAM/AMEMBASSY AMMAN PRIORITY 0244

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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL KMPI JA
SUBJECT: JAPANESE REPRESENTATION AT FORUM FOR THE FUTURE

REF: STATE 189502

1. It is unlikely Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso will be
able to attend the Forum for the Future meeting in Amman
November 30-December 1, due to scheduling conflicts and to
the fact that the Diet will be in session during that period,
according to Jiro Kanzawa, Deputy Director of MOFA's First
Middle East Division. Per reftel, Embassy Tokyo Political
Officer November 21 called on Kanzawa, who was accompanied by
Yoshiteru Tsuji, also of the First Middle East Division, to
urge that Foreign Minister Aso attend the meeting. While the
Japanese have yet to finally determine their delegation,
Kanzawa said it is most likely that it will be led by Senior
Vice Minister Katsuhito Asano, and that he will be
accompanied by Shinsuke Sugiyama, Deputy Director General of
the Middle Eastern and African Affairs Bureau.
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