1. Japan welcomes the formal confirmation of the President-elect after the presidential election of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as an important step forward in the country’s democratization and peace process, and congratulates President Kabila on his election. Japan regards that this presidential election was highly important for the DRC to put an end, on the basis of the comprehensive peace agreement, to the conflicts that resulted in the death of more than 3.3 million people, and achieve domestic peace and national reconciliation.
2. Considering the significance of this election for DRC’s democratization and peace process, Japan , which together with other members of the international community supported this election, will dispatch Mr. Masayoshi Hamada, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs to the inauguration ceremony of the President scheduled for December 6 as the Prime Minister’s Special Envoy.
3. Japan expects that the Government of the DRC under the leadership of the new democratically-elected President will make efforts for further progress of democratization, reconstruction and development. Japan will support such efforts of the Government of the DRC and hopes to strengthen friendly relations with the DRC.
[Related links]
Statement by the Press Secretary on the Second Round of the Presidential Election and Elections for the Provincial Assemblies of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (October 31, 2006)
http://www.mofa.go.jp/announce/announce/2006/10/1031-2.html
Emergency Grant Aid for the Electoral Process in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (September 22, 2006)
http://www.mofa.go.jp/announce/announce/2006/9/0922.html
Statement by the Press Secretary on the Presidential and Legislative Elections of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (August 1, 2006)
http://www.mofa.go.jp/announce/announce/2006/8/0801-3.html
Japan-DRC relations
http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/africa/dr-congo/index.html |
