Foreign Minister Taro Kono said Japan can do more to help push forward the Israel-Palestine peace talks as Tokyo seeks to play a bigger role in promoting peace in the Middle East.
MANAMA – Foreign Minister Taro Kono said Japan can do more to help push forward the Israel-Palestine peace talks as the country seeks to play a bigger role in promoting peace in the Middle East.
“Japan can make more contributions for the stability of the Middle East,” Kono said in a speech to a security forum Saturday in Bahrain, the first stop of his trip to the Middle East and Europe. He he did not elaborate on what the contributions will be.
Kono, the first Japanese foreign minister to ever visit Bahrain, met earlier in the day with his counterpart, Khalid bin Ahmed al-Khalifa, and exchanged views on unrest in Jerusalem and the Palestinian territories following U. S. President Donald Trump’s recent decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, Japanese officials said.
