Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06TOKYO7004
2006-12-15 08:50:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Tokyo
Cable title:
JAPAN NOT YET ON BOARD WITH UNSC RESOLUTION
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C O N F I D E N T I A L TOKYO 007004
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/14/2016
TAGS: PREL PHUM UNSC BM JA
SUBJECT: JAPAN NOT YET ON BOARD WITH UNSC RESOLUTION
AGAINST BURMA
REF: A. A) STATE 193458
B. B) USUN NEW YORK 02254
Classified By: Political Minister Counselor W. Michael Meserve for reas
ons 1.4 (b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L TOKYO 007004
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/14/2016
TAGS: PREL PHUM UNSC BM JA
SUBJECT: JAPAN NOT YET ON BOARD WITH UNSC RESOLUTION
AGAINST BURMA
REF: A. A) STATE 193458
B. B) USUN NEW YORK 02254
Classified By: Political Minister Counselor W. Michael Meserve for reas
ons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) The Ambassador raised the UNSC resolution on Burma
(ref A) with Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi during a
December 14 lunch meeting. Yachi said that Japan was pushing
Burma to set a definite timetable for transfer of power to a
civilian leadership, and had called in the Burmese Ambassador
to deliver this message.
2. (C) Embassy Political Officer subsequently followed
December 15 with United Nations Policy Division Principal
Deputy Director Toshihiro Kitamura. Kitamura said that Japan
has not yet made a decision on the UNSC resolution, denying
the reports in ref B that Japan would oppose the resolution.
Japan's biggest fear is pushing Burma closer to China, he
said. Japan will give careful consideration to which way the
Japanese Embassy in Beijing anticipates China will vote
before deciding its own policy, Kitamura did admit, however,
that "it would be very hard to oppose the resolution
considering that it contains the same language that Japan has
supported in the past."
SCHIEFFER
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/14/2016
TAGS: PREL PHUM UNSC BM JA
SUBJECT: JAPAN NOT YET ON BOARD WITH UNSC RESOLUTION
AGAINST BURMA
REF: A. A) STATE 193458
B. B) USUN NEW YORK 02254
Classified By: Political Minister Counselor W. Michael Meserve for reas
ons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) The Ambassador raised the UNSC resolution on Burma
(ref A) with Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi during a
December 14 lunch meeting. Yachi said that Japan was pushing
Burma to set a definite timetable for transfer of power to a
civilian leadership, and had called in the Burmese Ambassador
to deliver this message.
2. (C) Embassy Political Officer subsequently followed
December 15 with United Nations Policy Division Principal
Deputy Director Toshihiro Kitamura. Kitamura said that Japan
has not yet made a decision on the UNSC resolution, denying
the reports in ref B that Japan would oppose the resolution.
Japan's biggest fear is pushing Burma closer to China, he
said. Japan will give careful consideration to which way the
Japanese Embassy in Beijing anticipates China will vote
before deciding its own policy, Kitamura did admit, however,
that "it would be very hard to oppose the resolution
considering that it contains the same language that Japan has
supported in the past."
SCHIEFFER