Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07TOKYO4848
2007-10-17 06:08:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Tokyo
Cable title:
JAPAN CANCELS BURMA HUMAN RESOURCES CENTER GRANT
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C O N F I D E N T I A L TOKYO 004848
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
FOR EAP DAS MARCIEL AND EAP/MLS RAPSON AND COPE; NSC ASIA
FOR KATRIN FRASIER
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/18/2007
TAGS: PGOV PREL PHUM BM JA
SUBJECT: JAPAN CANCELS BURMA HUMAN RESOURCES CENTER GRANT
AID
REF: TOKYO 04800
Classified By: Ambassador J. Thomas Schieffer for reasons 1.4 (b) and (
d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L TOKYO 004848
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
FOR EAP DAS MARCIEL AND EAP/MLS RAPSON AND COPE; NSC ASIA
FOR KATRIN FRASIER
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/18/2007
TAGS: PGOV PREL PHUM BM JA
SUBJECT: JAPAN CANCELS BURMA HUMAN RESOURCES CENTER GRANT
AID
REF: TOKYO 04800
Classified By: Ambassador J. Thomas Schieffer for reasons 1.4 (b) and (
d).
1. (SBU) Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura announced on
October 16 that Japan canceled an estimated 552 million yen
grant aid project in Burma to construct a Human Resources
Center because of strong concerns about the human rights and
democratization situation there. After briefing the Cabinet
on the decision to cancel the aid grant, Komura told
reporters that "Japan has to show its stance and we cannot
effectively be supporting the military junta at this time."
"Japan will further step up its efforts to persuade the
Myanmar Government to listen to the international community's
message and move forward to true democratization," Komura
stated. Japan will continue to provide humanitarian
assistance, such as financing polio vaccinations programs, to
Burma via international organizations such as UNICEF, Komura
noted.
2. (C) MOFA contacts told EMBASSY Tokyo that the 552 million
yen grant project, approved by the Cabinet in July, was to
finance construction for a facility at Rangoon University to
provide Japanese language instruction and courses on Japanese
economics and business management with the aim of developing
human resources to push forward democratization and to
promote a shift to a market economy in Burma. During a
meeting with Foreign Minister Komura on October 12, senior
MOFA officials recommended canceling the project, but the
decision required Cabinet approval before Japan could
officially cancel the aid.
SCHIEFFER
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
FOR EAP DAS MARCIEL AND EAP/MLS RAPSON AND COPE; NSC ASIA
FOR KATRIN FRASIER
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/18/2007
TAGS: PGOV PREL PHUM BM JA
SUBJECT: JAPAN CANCELS BURMA HUMAN RESOURCES CENTER GRANT
AID
REF: TOKYO 04800
Classified By: Ambassador J. Thomas Schieffer for reasons 1.4 (b) and (
d).
1. (SBU) Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura announced on
October 16 that Japan canceled an estimated 552 million yen
grant aid project in Burma to construct a Human Resources
Center because of strong concerns about the human rights and
democratization situation there. After briefing the Cabinet
on the decision to cancel the aid grant, Komura told
reporters that "Japan has to show its stance and we cannot
effectively be supporting the military junta at this time."
"Japan will further step up its efforts to persuade the
Myanmar Government to listen to the international community's
message and move forward to true democratization," Komura
stated. Japan will continue to provide humanitarian
assistance, such as financing polio vaccinations programs, to
Burma via international organizations such as UNICEF, Komura
noted.
2. (C) MOFA contacts told EMBASSY Tokyo that the 552 million
yen grant project, approved by the Cabinet in July, was to
finance construction for a facility at Rangoon University to
provide Japanese language instruction and courses on Japanese
economics and business management with the aim of developing
human resources to push forward democratization and to
promote a shift to a market economy in Burma. During a
meeting with Foreign Minister Komura on October 12, senior
MOFA officials recommended canceling the project, but the
decision required Cabinet approval before Japan could
officially cancel the aid.
SCHIEFFER