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Japan Seeks Bigger Middle East Role: Economic Diplomacy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

J. Sean Curtin
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As signs of life slowly return to the long- comatose Middle East peace process, Japan is working hard to contribute to regional stability. Victory by Mahmoud Abbas, the moderate chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, in the Palestinian presidential election was warmly greeted by Tokyo. Prime Minister Koizumi Junichiro promised, “Japan will work actively to support the Palestinian Authority's efforts at peace.” Koizumi is keen to heighten Japan's regional profile as part of its efforts to gain a permanent seat on the UN Security Council. Foreign Minister Machimura Nobutaka is slated to go to the region for talks with Abbas. Japan also immediately pledged to extend an additional US$60 million in financial and humanitarian aid to the Palestinian Authority (PA). Tokyo is already the highest contributor to the PA and it is estimated that this latest package will bring the total amount of its financial assistance to the PA to about US$90 million in fiscal 2004, easily doubling its figure for 2003.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 2 , Issue 12 , December 2004 , e10
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