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© 2019 AFPMan on a mediation mission: Abe heads to Iran
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Yubaru
Maybe because Abe isn't a diplomat, yet I will wait to see the outcome. If he manages, somehow, to cool the rhetoric between the US and Iran, he deserves credit.
dbsaiya
Not holding my breath, but agree with Yubaru, anything that can cool down the fire that Donnie started will be a step in the right direction.
Wallace Fred
Lolololololololololoololololololol
Why would anyone expect anything from this clearly useless gesture? The Iranians have made their case and absolutely nothing is going to change that.
Must be election season again.
drlucifer
Complete waste of time and tax payers money.
Kenji Fujimori
We need to secure more oil sources, bad enough America is stealing Iraqi people's oil after the war and now want to stop our imports of Persian oil.
You do realize WW2 started when oil was cut off to us too, Google it
Legrande
[ Japanese government officials say Abe will not present Tehran with a list of demands, or deliver a message from Washington, and instead want to position Japan as a neutral intermediary. ]
The flags behind Abe say it all...and it's also sure to be the case that Iran will overlook who has positioned their military bases throughout Japan.
macv
please tell us what experience he has in multicultural cultures
TigersTokyoDome
Japan's diplomatic relationship with Iran has been one of the positives, globally.
You mean the case that they are not going to be bullied by the US and Israel like the rest of us. Where do the Americans get off telling the rest of the world who we should or should not be doing oil business with.
Not at all. Abe is securing future oil imports for Japan.
Akie
What can Abe do other than acts as an orderly ? Japan isn't even a party of the nuclear deal framework.
Ganbare Japan!
If anyone can bring together the US and Iran, it is PM Abe. Japan has excellent relations with both nations. Japan is on the same page as USA, and Japanese like and respect Iranian culture and people, and are much more tolerant of Islam religion than US or the West. Japan has never had a military conflict with Iran.
Brilliantly argued. He is also trying to secure peace in the world.
Elmer Fudd
He will just pass on the same message as the Russians, Chinese and Europeans....
”Just wait 2 years and hopefully the orange clown will be gone”
Wallace Fred
Tut tut there. Yes the oil embargo was one of the catalysts. But you're completely ignoring the reason for that embargo. Which was the invasion of sovereign China. Please refrain from historical revisionism here.
beentofivecontinents
Hoping (because I hate war), but I doubt that he will accomplish anything (because out of touch) ...