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09TOKYO1655
2009-07-22 03:45:00
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Embassy Tokyo
Cable title:
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - VP BIDEN'S VISIT TO UKRAINE,
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UNCLAS TOKYO 001655
SIPDIS
STATE FOR I/RF, PA/PR/FPC/W, IIP/G/EA, EAP/PD, R/MR, EAP/J, EAP/P,
PM;
USTR FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE;
TREASURY FOR OASIA/IMI;
SECDEF FOR OASD/PA;
CP BUTLER OKINAWA FOR AREA FIELD OFFICE;
PACOM HONOLULU FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ADVISOR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
SUBJECT: TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - VP BIDEN'S VISIT TO UKRAINE,
GEORGIA, AND SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT TO ASIA
UNCLAS TOKYO 001655
SIPDIS
STATE FOR I/RF, PA/PR/FPC/W, IIP/G/EA, EAP/PD, R/MR, EAP/J, EAP/P,
PM;
USTR FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE;
TREASURY FOR OASIA/IMI;
SECDEF FOR OASD/PA;
CP BUTLER OKINAWA FOR AREA FIELD OFFICE;
PACOM HONOLULU FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ADVISOR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
SUBJECT: TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - VP BIDEN'S VISIT TO UKRAINE,
GEORGIA, AND SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT TO ASIA
1. LEAD STORIES: All Wednesday morning papers led with the effective
start of campaigning for the general election scheduled for August
30.
2. "U.S. Expresses Continued Support" On Vice President Biden's
visit to Ukraine, the liberal Mainichi wrote from Moscow (7/22):
"Vice President Biden held talks with Ukraine President Yushchenko
and expressed U.S. support for the country's bid to join NATO. The
Vice President plans to travel to Georgia later. These visits,
following President Obama's trip to Russia, are meant to remind the
two nations that U.S.-Russia relations will not affect U.S. ties
with them.... The Vice President is set to display [Washington's]
posture of enhancing dialogue with a variety of political forces in
addition to the Ukrainian and Georgian governments that former
President Bush supported."
3. "Business Interests Help Strengthen Bilateral Ties" The
business-oriented Nikkei reported from new Delhi (7/22): "During her
stay in India, Secretary of State Clinton successfully obtained a
pledge from Indian Prime Minister Singh that U.S. corporations will
be given contracts for the construction of a nuclear power plant,
leaving the impression that bilateral relations will be strengthened
based on business interests. However, no concrete progress was made
on such global issues as global warming and nuclear
nonproliferation. In order to help 'expand and deepen' relations
between the U.S. and India, it will be necessary to reconcile the
nations' differing interests."
4. "U.S. Strategic Turnaround" The liberal Asahi stated in a
correspondent's report from Phuket, Thailand (7/22): "Secretary of
State Clinton plans to sign the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in
an attempt to 'jumpstart' U.S. diplomacy in Southeast Asia, which
went adrift under the former Bush administration.... The Obama
administration is prepared to sign the regional pact out of a strong
sense of alarm over an international framework for East Asia being
rapidly established 'without U.S. participation.'"
ZUMWALT
SIPDIS
STATE FOR I/RF, PA/PR/FPC/W, IIP/G/EA, EAP/PD, R/MR, EAP/J, EAP/P,
PM;
USTR FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE;
TREASURY FOR OASIA/IMI;
SECDEF FOR OASD/PA;
CP BUTLER OKINAWA FOR AREA FIELD OFFICE;
PACOM HONOLULU FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ADVISOR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
SUBJECT: TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - VP BIDEN'S VISIT TO UKRAINE,
GEORGIA, AND SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT TO ASIA
1. LEAD STORIES: All Wednesday morning papers led with the effective
start of campaigning for the general election scheduled for August
30.
2. "U.S. Expresses Continued Support" On Vice President Biden's
visit to Ukraine, the liberal Mainichi wrote from Moscow (7/22):
"Vice President Biden held talks with Ukraine President Yushchenko
and expressed U.S. support for the country's bid to join NATO. The
Vice President plans to travel to Georgia later. These visits,
following President Obama's trip to Russia, are meant to remind the
two nations that U.S.-Russia relations will not affect U.S. ties
with them.... The Vice President is set to display [Washington's]
posture of enhancing dialogue with a variety of political forces in
addition to the Ukrainian and Georgian governments that former
President Bush supported."
3. "Business Interests Help Strengthen Bilateral Ties" The
business-oriented Nikkei reported from new Delhi (7/22): "During her
stay in India, Secretary of State Clinton successfully obtained a
pledge from Indian Prime Minister Singh that U.S. corporations will
be given contracts for the construction of a nuclear power plant,
leaving the impression that bilateral relations will be strengthened
based on business interests. However, no concrete progress was made
on such global issues as global warming and nuclear
nonproliferation. In order to help 'expand and deepen' relations
between the U.S. and India, it will be necessary to reconcile the
nations' differing interests."
4. "U.S. Strategic Turnaround" The liberal Asahi stated in a
correspondent's report from Phuket, Thailand (7/22): "Secretary of
State Clinton plans to sign the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in
an attempt to 'jumpstart' U.S. diplomacy in Southeast Asia, which
went adrift under the former Bush administration.... The Obama
administration is prepared to sign the regional pact out of a strong
sense of alarm over an international framework for East Asia being
rapidly established 'without U.S. participation.'"
ZUMWALT