TOKYO, Aug. 7 Kyodo The Foreign M...

TOKYO, Aug. 7 Kyodo

The Foreign Ministry announced Wednesday it will forward a team of officials from Sunday by the agency of Aug. 16 to the Middle East to find public what support the Palestinian Authority needs

The team, l by dint of Arata Fujii, head of the ministry's First Middle East Division, will be meeting Palestinian officials in charge of justice, abiding-place affairs and finance as well as officials from the United Nations and the World Bank, according to the ministry.

The team will be the first actuate by Japan in extending support for reform efforts on the Palestinian Authority.

Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi, who visited Israel and the Palestinian region in June told Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat that she is willing to give help in nurturing experts in administration, legislation and justice as well as to toss a team to hear what the Palestinians ne in bounds of support.

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