Identifier
Created
Classification
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06TOKYO2573
2006-05-11 09:18:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Tokyo
Cable title:
JAPAN WILL LIKELY SUPPORT SYRIA-LEBANON RESOLUTION
how-toVZCZCXYZ0036 OO RUEHWEB DE RUEHKO #2573 1310918 ZNR UUUUU ZZH O 110918Z MAY 06 FM AMEMBASSY TOKYO TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 1907 INFO RUEHGG/UN SECURITY COUNCIL IMMEDIATE RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK IMMEDIATE 0202 RUEHLB/AMEMBASSY BEIRUT PRIORITY 0176 RUEHDM/AMEMBASSY DAMASCUS PRIORITY 0386
UNCLAS TOKYO 002573
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
PLEASE PASS TO IO/UNP AND NEA/ELA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL UNSC SY LE JA
SUBJECT: JAPAN WILL LIKELY SUPPORT SYRIA-LEBANON RESOLUTION
IN UNSC
REF: STATE 74598
(SBU) In response to reftel demarche, which delivered May 10,
MOFA UN Policy Division Deputy Director Hirotaka Ishikawa
told Poloff on May 11 that the resolution on the
Syria-Lebanon issue "would contribute to the stability of the
situation." Ishikawa stopped short of officially committing
the Japanese government's support, however, saying that his
government has not been fully briefed on the details of the
draft.
SCHIEFFER
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
PLEASE PASS TO IO/UNP AND NEA/ELA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL UNSC SY LE JA
SUBJECT: JAPAN WILL LIKELY SUPPORT SYRIA-LEBANON RESOLUTION
IN UNSC
REF: STATE 74598
(SBU) In response to reftel demarche, which delivered May 10,
MOFA UN Policy Division Deputy Director Hirotaka Ishikawa
told Poloff on May 11 that the resolution on the
Syria-Lebanon issue "would contribute to the stability of the
situation." Ishikawa stopped short of officially committing
the Japanese government's support, however, saying that his
government has not been fully briefed on the details of the
draft.
SCHIEFFER