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Koizumi, Prodi agree on need for multilateralism
TOKYO, April 26, Kyodo -
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and visiting European Commission President Romano Prodi agreed Friday on the need for a multilateral framework to deal with various global problems such as terrorism.
A Japanese Foreign Ministry official said Prodi urged Koizumi to work to create such a framework led not only by the United States, alluding to the fact that the combined gross domestic product of Japan and the EU accounts for 45% of the world total.
Prodi was also quoted as telling Koizumi that the combined amount of aid to developing countries from the two economies is 75% of the world total.
Koizumi and Prodi also agreed to keep up their efforts to help the reconstruction of Afghanistan. The EU and Japan co-chaired an international conference on Afghan reconstruction aid held in Tokyo in January.
Prodi also urged global cooperation to settle the conflict in the Middle East, the Japanese official said.
Referring to U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell's recent failure to broker a cease-fire between Israelis and Palestinians, Prodi was quoted as telling Koizumi it is indispensable that all relevant countries be brought to the table for a settlement.
Koizumi and Prodi also agreed they can work together to tackle economic issues including those related to steel, but did not elaborate on the antidumping stance taken by the United States.
Their meeting was the last bilateral one between a Japanese prime minister and a foreign guest at the Japanese premier's 73-year-old house-cum-office building.
The brick building is to be closed Friday and the premier's office will move to a state-of-the-art, five-story structure next to the old one on the weekend.
Earlier in the day, Prodi gave a speech in the Diet emphasizing the importance of cooperation between Japan and the EU in tackling global problems with a multilateral approach.
Prodi arrived in Japan on Thursday for a three-day official working visit.
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TOKYO, April 26, Kyodo -
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and visiting European Commission President Romano Prodi agreed Friday on the need for a multilateral framework to deal with various global problems such as terrorism.
A Japanese Foreign Ministry official said Prodi urged Koizumi to work to create such a framework led not only by the United States, alluding to the fact that the combined gross domestic product of Japan and the EU accounts for 45% of the world total.
Prodi was also quoted as telling Koizumi that the combined amount of aid to developing countries from the two economies is 75% of the world total.
Koizumi and Prodi also agreed to keep up their efforts to help the reconstruction of Afghanistan. The EU and Japan co-chaired an international conference on Afghan reconstruction aid held in Tokyo in January.
Prodi also urged global cooperation to settle the conflict in the Middle East, the Japanese official said.
Referring to U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell's recent failure to broker a cease-fire between Israelis and Palestinians, Prodi was quoted as telling Koizumi it is indispensable that all relevant countries be brought to the table for a settlement.
Koizumi and Prodi also agreed they can work together to tackle economic issues including those related to steel, but did not elaborate on the antidumping stance taken by the United States.
Their meeting was the last bilateral one between a Japanese prime minister and a foreign guest at the Japanese premier's 73-year-old house-cum-office building.
The brick building is to be closed Friday and the premier's office will move to a state-of-the-art, five-story structure next to the old one on the weekend.
Earlier in the day, Prodi gave a speech in the Diet emphasizing the importance of cooperation between Japan and the EU in tackling global problems with a multilateral approach.
Prodi arrived in Japan on Thursday for a three-day official working visit.
2002 Kyodo News (c) Established 1945.
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