Yamasaki hints at Japan role in E. Timor peacekeeping+

Yamasaki hints at Japan role in E. Timor peacekeeping+

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Senior Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Taku Yamasaki (L) shakes hands with Indonesian President B.J. Habibie (R) on Oct. 11 in Jakarta. The former policy chief of the ruling party told the Indonesian president that Japan is prepared to lift the ban on full participation in U.N. peacekeeping forces and dispatch military personnel to East Timor as it moves to independence.

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