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Prime Minister Attends the Asian-African Summit 2005

(First Day)


Friday, April 22, 2005



Photograph of world leaders taking a commemorative group photograph Photograph of Prime Minister delivering an address at the General Assembly Photograph of Prime Minister delivering an address at the General Assembly
Photograph of Prime Minister and Secretary-General Annan shaking hands Photograph of Prime Minister Koizumi and President Karzai shaking hands

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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi left for Jakarta, Indonesia on the government plane from Haneda Airport on April 21 to attend the Asian-African Summit 2005 and arrived at his destination that night (Japan time: early morning of April 22).

Prime Minister Koizumi delivered an address at the General Assembly meeting held in the morning, in which he said, "Japan will continue its efforts towards the goal of providing official development assistance (ODA) of 0.7% of our gross national income in order to contribute to the Millennium Development Goals." He also announced that "[Japan] will be providing more than 2.5 billion US dollars over the next five years in assistance for disaster prevention and mitigation, and reconstruction measures in Asia, Africa and other regions" and that "in the three years to come Japan will double its ODA to Africa."

In the afternoon, Prime Minister Koizumi held individual meetings with Mr. Kofi Annan, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, and Mr. Hamid Karzai, the President of Afghanistan.

Related link:Speech by H.E. Mr. Junichiro Koizumi, Prime Minister of Japan