REUTERS
October 17, 2023 at 13:20 JST
Yoko Kamikawa, then justice minister, talks about a survey on stateless children at a news conference in Tokyo on July 20, 2021. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Japan's Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa is in the final process of arranging a telephone discussion with her Iranian counterpart Hossein Amirabdollahian on Tuesday, Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said.
Japan maintains a friendly relationship with Iran. In September, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi in New York and told that Japan will continue its diplomatic efforts toward easing tensions and stabilizing the situation in the middle east.
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