Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08TOKYO569
2008-03-04 08:01:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Tokyo
Cable title:
JAPAN MAY RECOGNIZE KOSOVO WITHIN WEEKS, AID
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C O N F I D E N T I A L TOKYO 000569
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
USAID FOR E&E/AA/DMENARCHIK AND ODP NNICHOLSON
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/03/2018
TAGS: EAID EFIN EINV JA PREL XG
SUBJECT: JAPAN MAY RECOGNIZE KOSOVO WITHIN WEEKS, AID
FUNDING UNCERTAIN
REF: STATE 18802
Classified By: Ambassador J. Thomas Schieffer. Reasons 1.4 (b/d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L TOKYO 000569
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
USAID FOR E&E/AA/DMENARCHIK AND ODP NNICHOLSON
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/03/2018
TAGS: EAID EFIN EINV JA PREL XG
SUBJECT: JAPAN MAY RECOGNIZE KOSOVO WITHIN WEEKS, AID
FUNDING UNCERTAIN
REF: STATE 18802
Classified By: Ambassador J. Thomas Schieffer. Reasons 1.4 (b/d).
1. (C) Japanese recognition of Kosovo is likely "a matter of
weeks, not months," Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)
Central and South Eastern European Division Deputy Director
Akihiko Ishimoto told Emboffs February 28. Japan currently
has a diplomatic mission in Kosovo to determine whether the
country has met all the requirements for recognition,
Ishimoto said. He cited governmental control over the
claimed territory as an example of those requirements. The
mission will meet with USG representatives and Kosovo
authorities while there. Ishimoto stated MOFA's international
legal affairs bureau is currently reviewing statehood
documents to ensure they comply with international law.
Assuming all requirements are met, the Cabinet will approve
recognition, Ishimoto said. Ishimoto wondered, however, how
Kosovo could have diplomatic relations with foreign
governments without first establishing a foreign ministry.
2. (SBU) Ishimoto noted the GOJ received a similar "Kosovo
Needs Table" to the one provided reftel at a technical
meeting hosted by the World Bank and the European Commission
in October 2007. He also confirmed Japanese "embassy
personnel" at the March 5 technical meeting in Brussels.
Ishimoto stated Japan has supplied technical assistance to
Kosovo for many years by providing medical equipment and
educational materials through the United Nations. In
addition, Japan has hosted approximately 10 persons from
Kosovo per year as "trainees" at the Japan International
Cooperation Agency (JICA). Ishimoto was hesitant, however,
to discuss what type of further assistance, if any, Japan may
provide given its declining aid budget.
3. (SBU) Comment. Japan's ODA budget has declined nearly 40%
over the past 10 years. Given its hosting of the Fourth
Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD
IV) in May, the GOJ is focusing its reduced resources on
Africa, in addition to traditional recipients in Southeast
Asia, leaving little hope for a significant additional
contribution to Kosovo. End Comment.
SCHIEFFER
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
USAID FOR E&E/AA/DMENARCHIK AND ODP NNICHOLSON
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/03/2018
TAGS: EAID EFIN EINV JA PREL XG
SUBJECT: JAPAN MAY RECOGNIZE KOSOVO WITHIN WEEKS, AID
FUNDING UNCERTAIN
REF: STATE 18802
Classified By: Ambassador J. Thomas Schieffer. Reasons 1.4 (b/d).
1. (C) Japanese recognition of Kosovo is likely "a matter of
weeks, not months," Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)
Central and South Eastern European Division Deputy Director
Akihiko Ishimoto told Emboffs February 28. Japan currently
has a diplomatic mission in Kosovo to determine whether the
country has met all the requirements for recognition,
Ishimoto said. He cited governmental control over the
claimed territory as an example of those requirements. The
mission will meet with USG representatives and Kosovo
authorities while there. Ishimoto stated MOFA's international
legal affairs bureau is currently reviewing statehood
documents to ensure they comply with international law.
Assuming all requirements are met, the Cabinet will approve
recognition, Ishimoto said. Ishimoto wondered, however, how
Kosovo could have diplomatic relations with foreign
governments without first establishing a foreign ministry.
2. (SBU) Ishimoto noted the GOJ received a similar "Kosovo
Needs Table" to the one provided reftel at a technical
meeting hosted by the World Bank and the European Commission
in October 2007. He also confirmed Japanese "embassy
personnel" at the March 5 technical meeting in Brussels.
Ishimoto stated Japan has supplied technical assistance to
Kosovo for many years by providing medical equipment and
educational materials through the United Nations. In
addition, Japan has hosted approximately 10 persons from
Kosovo per year as "trainees" at the Japan International
Cooperation Agency (JICA). Ishimoto was hesitant, however,
to discuss what type of further assistance, if any, Japan may
provide given its declining aid budget.
3. (SBU) Comment. Japan's ODA budget has declined nearly 40%
over the past 10 years. Given its hosting of the Fourth
Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD
IV) in May, the GOJ is focusing its reduced resources on
Africa, in addition to traditional recipients in Southeast
Asia, leaving little hope for a significant additional
contribution to Kosovo. End Comment.
SCHIEFFER