Japan Calls on New Israeli Government to Continue Peace Efforts
Posted on: Wednesday, 29 March 2006, 03:03 CST
Text of report in English by Japanese news agency Kyodo
Tokyo, 29 March: Japan called Wednesday [29 March] on the new Israeli government, to be set up after Tuesday's election, to continue peace efforts with the Palestinians. "Our country expects that Israel's new government will continue efforts to realize peace with the Palestinians," Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe said at a news conference.
According to local media exit polls, Israeli interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's Kadima party was heading for a victory in the election. Israel's acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert declared victory in Tuesday's election as initial returns showed his centrist Kadima party winning at least 28 of the 120 seats in parliament.
Source: BBC Monitoring Asia Pacific
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