Friday, December 28, 2007
TOKYO — Japan implicitly warned Friday that it may review its aid to Pakistan depending on developments following Thursday's assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, but promised to continue supporting Islamabad's democratization efforts. Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura mourned Bhutto's death as a "significant loss" and along with other Japanese ministers condemned the attack as a despicable act of terror.
"We can't say that an assassination by terrorists would directly lead to a change in the provision of aid, but we must consider all sorts of factors while closely watching the developments from now on," Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura said when asked if Japanese foreign aid to Pakistan will be affected. Similarly, Machimura said in a separate news conference, "While there are certain limitations to the influence Japan holds, we must seriously contemplate to what extent Japan can do with its diplomacy."
TOKYO — Japan implicitly warned Friday that it may review its aid to Pakistan depending on developments following Thursday's assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, but promised to continue supporting Islamabad's democratization efforts. Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura mourned Bhutto's death as a "significant loss" and along with other Japanese ministers condemned the attack as a despicable act of terror.
"We can't say that an assassination by terrorists would directly lead to a change in the provision of aid, but we must consider all sorts of factors while closely watching the developments from now on," Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura said when asked if Japanese foreign aid to Pakistan will be affected. Similarly, Machimura said in a separate news conference, "While there are certain limitations to the influence Japan holds, we must seriously contemplate to what extent Japan can do with its diplomacy."
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