  {"id":198818,"date":"2013-08-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=198818"},"modified":"2019-03-12T17:40:24","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:40:24","slug":"auto-insert-198818","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-198818\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement by the Japanese Minister for For. Affairs on the resumption of direct negotiations between Palestine and Israel &#8211; Rep. Office of Japan to the PA press release\/Non-UN document"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"7px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27569%27%20height%3D%27123%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20569%20123%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27569%27%20height%3D%27123%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/0af9f36f00e4bcfc85257bbe004f1ee4_image0.GIF\" border=\"0\" height=\"123px\" width=\"569px\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i><u>Arabic text follows<\/u><\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">August 2, 2013<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>PRESS RELEASE <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#a11f12;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs on<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#a11f12;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>the Resumption of Direct Negotiations between<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#a11f12;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Palestine and Israel<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">1. Japan sincerely welcomes the resumption of direct negotiations between Israel and Palestine starting from July 29 to July 30 as a result of the vigorous mediation efforts made by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">2.With regard to the Middle East peace process, when I visited the Middle East last week, I directly called on the Israeli and Palestinian sides to make sincere efforts toward the resumption of peace negotiations. Japan strongly hopes that the direct negotiations that have been initiated can bring about effective progress toward realizing a just, lasting and comprehensive peace in the future based on a &quot;two-state solution&quot;.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">3. In addition, in order to achieve that, Japan also intends to continue supporting the peace process both politically and economically, including the promotion of the &quot;Corridor for Peace and Prosperity&quot; initiative and the &quot;Conference on Cooperation among East Asian Countries for Palestinian Development (CEAPAD)&quot;.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;font-size:9pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>(END)<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"7px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:15pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i><strong>Representative Office of Japan to the P.A.<\/strong><\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>VIP2 Center 3<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:5pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>rd <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>Floor, Yazoor Street, Al-Bireh<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>Tel. 02-2413120\/1\/2 Fax. 02-2413123 <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#4040c2;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">repjapan@mofa.go.jp<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27472%27%20height%3D%27446%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20472%20446%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27472%27%20height%3D%27446%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/0af9f36f00e4bcfc85257bbe004f1ee4_image1.GIF\" border=\"0\" height=\"446px\" width=\"472px\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arabic text follows August 2, 2013 PRESS RELEASE Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs on the Resumption of Direct Negotiations between Palestine and Israel 1. 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