FRANCE: World coming together to support Japan in its hour of need, Hillary Clinton says

Record ID: 462909

  • Title: FRANCE: World coming together to support Japan in its hour of need, Hillary Clinton says
  • Date: 15th March 2011
  • Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (MARCH 15, 2011) (REUTERS) **CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY** JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER TAKEAKI MATSUMOTO SHAKING HANDS WITH U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON (SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER TAKEAKI MATSUMOTO SAYING: "We have been already receiving a lot of assistance from the international community. We will have to overcome difficulties in cooperation with the international community." (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON SAYING: "And today the world comes together to support Japan in its hour of need." VARIOUS BILATERAL MEETING
  • Embargoed: 30th March 2011 13:00
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  • Location: France, France
  • Country: France
  • Topics: Disasters / Accidents / Natural catastrophes
  • Reuters ID: LVA6JR7ZSCUC6OI94NKO12NFEY3D
  • Story Text: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday (March 15) that the international community was standing by Japan, which faces a nuclear emergency caused by a devastating earthquake and tsunami that has killed thousands.
    "Today the world comes together to support Japan in its hour of need," Clinton said at a meeting with her Japanese counterpart, Takeaki Matsumoto on the fringes of the Group of Eight foreign ministers meeting.
    Matsumoto said he was grateful for the support being provided by the international community.
    "We have been already receiving a lot of assistance from the international community. We will have to overcome difficulties in cooperation with the international community," he said
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