Taro Kono, newly-appointed foreign minister of Japan, speaks during a news conference at the Prime Minister's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reshuffled his ministers and party officials after a slump in popularity and a humiliating local election defeat. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg

Japanese FM discusses North Korea crisis with Egyptian counterpart

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Japanese Foreign Minister Tarō Kōno concluded meetings with President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi and his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry on Tuesday and Monday.In his meeting with Shoukry Monday stressed upon the necessity for North Korea to commit to the UN Security Council resolutions on Pyongyang nuclear activities.Meanwhile, Shoukry thanked the Japanese Minister for the Japanese support for the Cairo International Centre for Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping and Peace building since 2008, a ministry-affiliated centre which provides trainings on diplomatic conflict resolution.On a further note, Al-Sisi told the minister he hoped Japanese investments in Egypt would increase.The president expressed Egypt’s proud of the Egyptian-Japanese cooperation in developing education, and keenness on benefiting from the Japan’s experience in several fields including education.

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