VOL. XXXIX

No. 49

2-September-1996

AID FLOWS

Japanese Foreign Minister On Middle East Tour

Japanese Foreign Minister Yukihiko Ikeda paid a six-day visit from 21 to 26 August to five countries in the Middle East - Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Israel and the Pales- tine Authority area - to discuss the troubled troubled regional peace process with the leaders of these countries. During the visit he also discussed and/or signed agreements on Japanese financial assistance, the object of which is to...