| Subject: AFP: East Timor asks Japan to
support continued UN peacekeeping mission
East Timor asks Japan to support continued UN peacekeeping mission
East Timor's Foreign Minister Jose Ramos-Horta has asked for Japan's
support to extend the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission in the
country which became independent from Indonesia in 1999.
Mr Ramos-Horta told Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura in
Tokyo that his nation wants the UN peacekeepers to stay on a smaller
scale, according to a Japanese official.
Mr Machimura promised he would consider the request, the official said.
The talks came after UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Wednesday asked
the Security Council to extend a scaled-down peacekeeping mission in East
Timor for one year until May 2006.
Mr Ramos-Horta also expressed East Timor's support for Japan's bid to
become a permanent member of the UN Security Council, the official said.
Japan has taken a prominent role in assistance to East Timor, sending
peacekeepers and hosting a 1999 donors conference.
-AFP
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East Timor's Foreign Minister Jose Ramos-Horta on Friday indicated his
country's support for Japan's bid to become a permanent member of the U.N.
Security Council.
February 25, 2005 4:19pm Asia Intelligence Wire Advertisement
In a meeting here with Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura,
Ramos-Horta said East Timor backs Japan's stance on U.N. reforms.
He said East Timor hopes that the United Nations will extend its
support mission in the country beyond its scheduled end on May 20 by
scaling it down.
Machimura replied that the request should be considered on a positive
note.
The U.N. Mission of Support in East Timor, headed by Sukehiro Hasegawa
of Japan, is helping maintain security in East Timor and improve the
nation's capabilities to provide administrative services, following its
independence from Indonesia in May 2002. Hasegawa is a special envoy of
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
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