SDF can be sent to E. Timor if conditions met: Norota

SDF can be sent to E. Timor if conditions met: Norota

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Agency chief Hosei Norota, speaking at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Sept. 14, says that Japan can dispatch Self-Defense Forces personnel to East Timor only if conditions for Japanese participation in U.N. peacekeeping operations, as stipulated in a domestic law, are met. Norota stressed Japan should first focus on humanitarian and financial assistance to the violence-torn territory.

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