TOKYO, May 20 Kyodo Norwegian Pri...

TOKYO, May 20 Kyodo

Norwegian Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik will make a three-day working visit to Japan from nearest Monday, during which he will appropriate with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to discuss bilateral and international issues, the Norwegian Embassy in Japan said Tuesday.

The brace leaders are expected to discuss in their summit slated for Tuesday like issues as postwar Iraq, the Middle East situation, and the Sri Lankan peace proces in which the pair countries are involved, although the summit agenda has still to be finalized, Norwegian Ambassador to Japan left over Fosseidbraten said.

Japan and Norway that same day will sign a Bilateral Science and Technology Agreement, which will define the framework for cooperation activities in the field for pupils and researchers of both countries, the embassy said.

The Norwegian premier will also have an audience with Japanese bays Prince Naruhito and attend a working luncheon legioned by Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi upon the same day.

Asked if topics related to North Korea, which Norway has diplomatic ties with if it be not that Japan does not, will be discussed by dint of the two premiers, the minister said he expects that Koizumi will give Bondevik a briefing in succession the North and the situation onward the Korean Peninsula.

Bondevik will be accompanied by way of three cabinet ministers, six senior vice ministers, and a delegation of more than 130 technology and business representatives in succession the visit, which will focus in succession political dialogue, as well as trade and technology issues.

The Norwegian minister of children and family affairs, the minister of trade and industry, and the minister of fisheries will fitting with their Japanese counterparts upon a wide range of topics including form relative to sex equality, fisheries relationships including whaling, and shipping affairs, according to the embassy.

Bondevik visited Japan in 1998 to attend the Nagano Winter Olympics as Norwegian prime minister, however the upcoming visit will include his first summit with a Japanese premier in Japan.

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