Suzuki opts to ''observe the developments''

TOKYO, Japan - Muneo Suzuki, a senior Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lawmaker and one of key players at the center of the political drama over a Foreign Ministry decision to bar two Japanese nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) from the international Afghan donor conference in Tokyo on Jan. 21, sits tight-lipped in the Diet building Jan. 29. Suzuki denied any involvement in the ministry's decision on NGO participation, saying only that he will ''observe the developments'' of the case.

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