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Japan's PM cancels visit to Israel, Palestinian region
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-01-05 16:29
Japan's Prime Minister has canceled a trip to Israel and the Palestinian
region originally scheduled next week, due to his Israeli counterpart's grave
health condition, the Kyodo News reported Thursday, citing a government
announcement.
Nevertheless, Junichiro Koizumi will still visit Turkey as planned, it said,
adding that his stay in the country will be from January 9 to 13.
Earlier on Thursday, Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe said the government
will reconsider the premier's planned trip to the Middle East, which was
announced last month. Koizumi had intended to visit Israel, the Palestinian
region and Turkey on January 7 to 13.
The Israeli leader Ariel Sharon, 77, suffered a massive stroke Wednesday and
underwent a seven-hour surgery to drain blood from his brain in a Jerusalem
hospital.
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