GOJ WILL DELIVER U.S. AFGHAN PRIORITIES TO

S E C R E T TOKYO 002658 SIPDIS DEPT FOR S/SRAP E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/17/2019 TAGS: PGOV PREL AF JA SUBJECT: GOJ WILL DELIVER U.S. AFGHAN PRIORITIES TO DELEGATION TO KARZAI INAUGURATION REF: STATE 118297 Classified By: Deputy Political Counselor Marc Knapper per reasons 1.4( b) and (d) ¶1. (C) On November 17, Embassy Poloff delivered reftel demarche on U.S. priorities for the new Afghan government to MOFA Second Middle East Principal Deputy Director Yukiya Hamamoto. Hamamoto expressed appreciation for the information and pledged to share the points with the Japanese Embassy in Kabul, which will provide them to the Japanese delegation to the Karzai inauguration. Hamamoto agreed that it was essential that the international community speak with one voice in pressing the new Afghan government to follow through on its reform commitments. ¶2. (S) Hamamoto said that MOFA State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Tetsuya Fukuyama, a Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Diet Upper House member, would lead the GOJ delegation to the inauguration. However, the GOJ is not announcing Fukuyama's travel for security reasons. MOFA's two State Secretaries for Foreign Affairs are the ministry's senior political positions below the Foreign Minister. ROOS