RAMALLAH, December 24, 2017 (WAFA) – Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono is scheduled to visit Palestine and Israel on December 25 and 26, according to the Representative Office of Japan to Palestine.

It said in a press release Sunday that Kono will further implement policies announced previously within the context of support for Middle East peace, promote the initiatives of Japan toward stabilization of the Middle East region, and further strengthen multilayered cooperative relationships with the visited countries and regions.

Kono visited the Middle East twice since taking office, and expressed the basic policy of Japan’s diplomacy regarding the Middle East as the Kono Four Principles in the First Japan-Arab Political Dialogue (September 11, in Cairo) and Japan’s action to assist stabilization and security in the Middle East based on the Principles in the Manama Dialogue (December 8, in Manama).

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