Identifier
Created
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07TOKYO2258
2007-05-18 08:25:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Tokyo
Cable title:
UNSCR 1747: JAPAN SUPPORTS BROAD DEFINITION OF ARMS
how-toVZCZCXRO9263 PP RUEHBC RUEHDE RUEHDIR RUEHKUK DE RUEHKO #2258 1380825 ZNR UUUUU ZZH P 180825Z MAY 07 FM AMEMBASSY TOKYO TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 3747 INFO RUCNIRA/IRAN COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
UNCLAS TOKYO 002258
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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR JA
SUBJECT: UNSCR 1747: JAPAN SUPPORTS BROAD DEFINITION OF ARMS
REF: STATE 67462
(SBU) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered reftel
demarche May 18 to MOFA UN Policy Division Principal Deputy
Director Kentaro Fujimoto. Fujimoto responded that Japan
supports a broad definition of Operative Paragraph 5 of UNSCR
¶1747. He also pointed out that Japan does not export arms to
any country, including Iran.
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