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Foreign Secretary comments on Japanese Prime Minister Abe's statement

Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond's reaction to today's statement from Japanese Prime Minister Abe

From:
Foreign & Commonwealth Office and The Rt Hon Philip Hammond
Published
14 August 2015
This was published under the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

Speaking today, the Foreign Secretary said:

¡°I welcome Prime Minister Abe¡¯s statement on the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII. I was pleased to read the reaffirmation of previous Japanese statements of apology and acknowledge Japan¡¯s commitment, over 70 years, to peaceful development and to the rules-based international system. I welcome, as well, PM Abe¡¯s acknowledgment of the suffering of Japanese POWs, including many thousands of Britons.

¡°I hope this statement will be received as a positive contribution to reconciliation between Japan and its neighbours in North East Asia¡±

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Published 14 August 2015