Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08TOKYO1381
2008-05-20 09:12:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Tokyo
Cable title:
MOFA CONFIRMS MUGABE NOT COMING TO TICAD
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C O N F I D E N T I A L TOKYO 001381
SIPDIS
STATE FOR AF/S AND EAP/J
STATE PASS USAID AFRICA/AA KALMQUIST AND ODP NNICHOLSON
NSC FOR KTONG AND PBROWN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/20/2023
TAGS: EAID PHUM PREL ZI JA
SUBJECT: MOFA CONFIRMS MUGABE NOT COMING TO TICAD
REF: A. TOKYO 286 B. TOKYO 93 C. TOKYO 100
Classified By: Ambassador J. Thomas Schieffer. Reasons 1.4 (b/d).
(C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) International
Cooperation Director General Koro Bessho telephoned
AID Counselor May 20 to confirm Zimbabwe President
Robert Mugabe will not attend the May 28-30 Tokyo
International Conference on African Development
(TICAD). Separately, MOFA's Senior Coordinator for
TICAD Takuya Sasayama told AID Counselor the Japanese
Embassy in Washington had informed MOFA D/F Fore would
not be leading the U.S. delegation but would be
replaced by a senior USAID official.
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