Remarks by Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga on the kidnapping and threat to the lives of two Japanese hostages at a press conference on January 22: “Japan’s assistance for the Middle East announced on January 17 is purely for improving people’s daily lives in the Middle East, including assistance for the more-than-10 million refugees and displaced persons, and also that all assistance implemented to date has been in non-military fields. Japan does not intend to harm or kill the Muslim people, as was alleged by the perpetrator of the threats. As we make our strongest efforts to secure the early release of the hostages in the midst of what is a difficult situation, Japan will not give in to terrorism, and we will continue to contribute to the counter-terrorism efforts by the international community.”
Posted on: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 09:32:15 +0000
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