Japanese foreign minister in Egypt

A session for formal talks between Egypt and Japan was held yesterday at the headquarter of the Egyptian foreign ministry.

The Egyptian delegation was chaired by Egyptian FM Amr Mousa while the Japanese side chaired by the Japanese FM Masahiku Komura.

Komura is currently visiting Cairo for 2-days tour in the region covering Lebanon - Syria - Jordan - Israel and Ramallah at the Palestinian self rule regions to meet the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat.

Meanwhile, the Japanese FM, has invited his Egyptian counterpart Amr Moussa to visit Tokyo. During his meeting with the Egyptian Premier kamal El-Ganzoury, Komura suggested several dates for Moussa's visit to Japan, in addition they have agreed upon convening a session for the annual political consultations between the two countries on the first mid year of 1999, and agreed upon exchanging diplomatic cadres.