GERMANY: GERMAN AND JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTERS CALL ON A UNITED NATIONS RESOLUTION FOR RECONCILATION IN IRAQ

Record ID: 338155

  • Title: GERMANY: GERMAN AND JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTERS CALL ON A UNITED NATIONS RESOLUTION FOR RECONCILATION IN IRAQ
  • Date: 10th April 2003
  • Summary: (W5) BERLIN, GERMANY (APRIL 10, 2003) (REUTERS) 1. MV GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER JOSCKA FISCHER AND HIS JAPANESE COUNTERPART YORIKO KAWAGUCHI WALKING INTO NEWS CONFERENCE 0.11 2. MV JOURNALISTS 0.16 3. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (German) FISCHER SAYING "For us the central role of the United Nations is of the greatest significance right now. They have pla
  • Embargoed: 25th April 2003 13:00
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  • Location: BERLIN, GERMANY
  • Country: Germany
  • Reuters ID: LVA1IE0JNWJLJG5YWEVUYDMMKLE9
  • Story Text: The foreign ministers of Germany and Japan have called
    for a United Nations resolution on the reconstruction of Iraq.



    Fischer met his Japanese counterpart Yoriko Kawaguchi
    in Berlin on Thursday (April 10, 2003). The main topic of
    discussion was the situation in a post-war Iraq.

    "We have talked about the role of the United Nations and
    we share the position that the United Nations is essential,"
    Germany's Joschka Fischer said after meeting Kawaguchi in
    Berlin.

    "We think the legitimation of the United Nations and a
    resolution is the best and the necessary instrument at the
    moment and as far as we are concerneed, we are going into the
    discussion with an open mind and are prepared to do our share
    to get a common position," he said.

    Kawaguchi said: "We share the opinion that we have to be
    flexible and dynamic in the reconstruction efforts and that we
    have to work towards a U.N. resolution." She added that Japan
    has put forth suggestions of elements which should be included
    in the resolution.

    Fischer said he hoped Japan could take a crucial role in
    bringing together international partners on Iraq.


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