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April 15, 2013

NATO head lauds Japan cooperation pledge
Tokyo (AFP) April 15, 2013
NATO head Anders Fogh Rasmussen Monday welcomed an agreement due to be signed with Tokyo pledging Japan's continued cooperation in the fight against "emerging security challenges". Secretary General Rasmussen, a former Danish prime minister, said he would be meeting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe later in the day to issue a joint declaration on closer NATO-Japan partnership. Thanking Japan for its past support, including in anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia and in the re ... read more

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