Visit by Mr. Taro Nakayama, Former Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs, to Brussels
July 5th - 8th, 2009
Mr. Taro Nakayama meeting with the EU HIgh Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy, Mr. Javier Solana
Mr. Taro Nakayama met with the President of the European Parliament, Mr. Hans Georg Poettering
(Photo: Copyright, European Parliament)
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From the 5th to the 8th of July, Mr. Taro Nakayama, Advisor, Japan Inter Parliamentary League of Friendship, visited Brussels and met with high-level European Union officials.
On the 7th of July, Mr. Nakayama, paid a courtesy call on Mr. Javier Solana, the EU High Represenative for Common Foreign and Security Policy. Mr. Nakayama, former japanese and Mr. Solana renewed their aquaintences as they had met previosuly in 1994.
On the 8th of July, Mr. Nakayama was recieved by the President of the European Parliament, Mr. Hans-Gert Poettering.
During those meetings, Mr Nakayama brought a wealth of experience to the discussions and expressed his views on future world diplomacy from an Asian perspective.