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Lankan Ambassador to Japan meets Japanese Defence Minister
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Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Japan Rodney Perera had the opportunity to congratulate the newly appointed Japanese Defence Minister General Nakatani, Member of the House of Representatives [Kochi Prefecture], an old friend of his from the Minister’s days at his country’s Defence Ministry.
As a member of the official Sri Lanka ministerial delegation that visited Tokyo in 2002 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Sri Lanka and Japan in his then position as Director of the East Asia Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Perera recalled meeting Nakatani San who was at the time the Director General of the Japan Defence Agency.
Minister Nakatani also served as the Special Advisor to the Japanese Prime Minister for international human rights issues up until recently.