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Egypt's development gains momentum with BRI: Egyptian ex-diplomat

STORY: Egypt's development gains momentum with BRI: Egyptian ex-diplomat DATELINE: Sept. 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:17 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views in Egypt 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ALI EL-HEFNY, Egypt's former deputy foreign minister, Vice president of the Egypt-China Friendship Association 3. various of BRI projects 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): ALI EL-HEFNY, Egypt's former deputy foreign minister, Vice president of the Egypt-China Friendship Association 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): ALI EL-HEFNY, Egypt's former deputy foreign minister, Vice president of the Egypt-China Friendship Association STORYLINE: Ali el-Hefny, former deputy minister of foreign affairs of Egypt and current vice president of the Egypt-China Friendship Association, said that the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has given sheer momentum to the promotion of the development in Egypt. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ALI EL-HEFNY, Egypt's former deputy foreign minister, Vice president of the Egypt-China Friendship Assoc

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Hysteria over balloon incident proof of Washington's inability to manage China ties: U.S. ex-diplomat

STORY: Hysteria over balloon incident proof of Washington's inability to manage China ties: U.S. ex-diplomat DATELINE: March 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:04:21 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1.various of the U.S. 2.SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CHAS FREEMAN, Former U.S. diplomat 3. various of the U.S. 4.SOUNDBITE 2 (English): CHAS FREEMAN, Former U.S. diplomat 5. various of the U.S. 6.SOUNDBITE 3 (English): CHAS FREEMAN, Former U.S. diplomat 7. various of the U.S. 8. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): CHAS FREEMAN, Former U.S. diplomat STORYLINE: A former U.S. diplomat has said that Washington's hysterical overreaction to a Chinese unmanned civilian airship unexpectedly entering U.S. airspace is proof of the current U.S. government's inability to overcome domestic pressure and manage the relationship between Washington and Beijing in times of high tension. Chas Freeman was a member of then-U.S. President Richard Nixon's entourage during the president's ice-breaking trip to China in 1972. SOUNDBITE 1 (English

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Gov't lied about Japan-U.S. nuclear pact: ex-diplomat

TOKYO, Japan - This December 1977 file photo shows former Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Hisanari Yamada, who admitted in an interview in 1981 that the government had lied regarding its position on the transit of U.S. nuclear weapons after signing a secret bilateral pact on the matter in 1960.

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Gov't lied about Japan-U.S. nuclear pact: ex-diplomat

TOKYO, Japan - This undated photo shows an audiotape of an Oct. 14, 1981, interview with former Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Hisanari Yamada conducted by academic Yoshihisa Hara. Yamada admitted that the government had lied regarding its position on the transit of U.S. nuclear weapons after signing a secret bilateral pact on the matter in 1960.

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Ex-diplomat admits Japan, U.S. had secret pact

TOKYO, Japan - Bunroku Yoshino, former chief of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's American Bureau, is photographed before a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2009. Yoshino admitted for the first time in court that Japan and the United States concluded a secret agreement on the 1972 reversion of Okinawa.

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Ex-diplomat admits Japan, U.S. had secret pact

TOKYO, Japan - Bunroku Yoshino, former chief of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's American Bureau, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2009. Yoshino admitted for the first time in court that Japan and the United States concluded a secret agreement on the 1972 reversion of Okinawa.

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Ex-diplomat admits Japan, U.S. had secret pact

TOKYO, Japan - Bunroku Yoshino, former chief of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's American Bureau, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2009. Yoshino admitted for the first time in court that Japan and the United States concluded a secret agreement on the 1972 reversion of Okinawa.

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Ex-diplomat Nogami named adviser to Mizuho Corporate Bank

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Corporate Bank has named former Vice Foreign Minister Yoshiji Nogami (file photo) as its adviser, bank sources said June 4.

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Ex-diplomat recognizes existence of secret pact on Okinawa's return

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Bunroku Yoshino, who negotiated with the U.S. government for Okinawa's return to Japan as director general of the ministry's American Bureau, speaks during an interview at his home in Yokohama on FEb. 8. Yoshino, 87, acknowledged that Japan had secretly shouldered $4 million in costs for Okinawa's reversion to Japan from U.S. occupation in 1972.

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Ex-diplomat pleads guilty to fraud

TOKYO, Japan - Prosecutors walk into the Tokyo District Court on July 31 to attend the trial of Katsutoshi Matsuo, a former Foreign Ministry logistics chief, who is charged with fraud. Matsuo pleaded guilty to swindling the state out of 161 million yen in secret funds while in charge of helping coordinate overseas trips by Japanese prime ministers between 1997 and 1999.

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Ex-diplomat at G-8 summit prep session

TOKYO, Japan - Katsutoshi Matsuo (C), a Foreign Ministry official dismissed Jan. 25 for allegedly embezzling public funds, is seen in this file photo sitting at the first government preparatory meeting for last year's Group of Eight (G-8) Okinawa summit held at the prime minister's official residence in July 1999. Matsuo was in charge of logistics for the G-8 summit.

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Ex-diplomat recognizes existence of secret pact on Okinawa's ret

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Bunroku Yoshino, who negotiated with the U.S. government for Okinawa's return to Japan as director general of the ministry's American Bureau, speaks during an interview at his home in Yokohama on FEb. 8. Yoshino, 87, acknowledged that Japan had secretly shouldered $4 million in costs for Okinawa's reversion to Japan from U.S. occupation in 1972. (Kyodo)

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Ex-diplomat Nogami named adviser to Mizuho Corporate Bank

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Corporate Bank has named former Vice Foreign Minister Yoshiji Nogami (file photo) as its adviser, bank sources said June 4. (Kyodo)

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Ex-diplomat pleads guilty to fraud

TOKYO, Japan - Prosecutors walk into the Tokyo District Court on July 31 to attend the trial of Katsutoshi Matsuo, a former Foreign Ministry logistics chief, who is charged with fraud. Matsuo pleaded guilty to swindling the state out of 161 million yen in secret funds while in charge of helping coordinate overseas trips by Japanese prime ministers between 1997 and 1999.

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Ex-diplomat who testified in court about U.S.-Japan secret pact dies

Undated photo shows Bunroku Yoshino, who became the first among current and former government officials to testify in court about the existence of a secret pact between Japan and the United States over the 1972 Okinawa reversion. He died of pneumonia on March 29, 2015, at the age of 96. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Man in news: Mongolian ex-diplomat represents home state at Pugwash meet

Enkhsaikhan Jargalsaikhan, a retired diplomat who represented Mongolia at the Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs in Nagasaki, speaks in an interview in the southwestern Japanese city on Nov. 4, 2015. It was Jargalsaikhan's first time to participate in the conference, and Mongolia's first in 30 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gov't lied about Japan-U.S. nuclear pact: ex-diplomat

TOKYO, Japan - This undated photo shows an audiotape of an Oct. 14, 1981, interview with former Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Hisanari Yamada conducted by academic Yoshihisa Hara. Yamada admitted that the government had lied regarding its position on the transit of U.S. nuclear weapons after signing a secret bilateral pact on the matter in 1960. (Kyodo)

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Gov't lied about Japan-U.S. nuclear pact: ex-diplomat

TOKYO, Japan - This December 1977 file photo shows former Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Hisanari Yamada, who admitted in an interview in 1981 that the government had lied regarding its position on the transit of U.S. nuclear weapons after signing a secret bilateral pact on the matter in 1960. (Kyodo)

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Ex-diplomat admits Japan, U.S. had secret pact

TOKYO, Japan - Bunroku Yoshino, former chief of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's American Bureau, is photographed before a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2009. Yoshino admitted for the first time in court that Japan and the United States concluded a secret agreement on the 1972 reversion of Okinawa. (Kyodo)

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Ex-diplomat admits Japan, U.S. had secret pact

TOKYO, Japan - Bunroku Yoshino, former chief of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's American Bureau, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2009. Yoshino admitted for the first time in court that Japan and the United States concluded a secret agreement on the 1972 reversion of Okinawa. (Kyodo)

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Ex-diplomat admits Japan, U.S. had secret pact

TOKYO, Japan - Bunroku Yoshino, former chief of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's American Bureau, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2009. Yoshino admitted for the first time in court that Japan and the United States concluded a secret agreement on the 1972 reversion of Okinawa. (Kyodo)

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Ex-diplomat at G-8 summit prep session

TOKYO, Japan - Katsutoshi Matsuo (C), a Foreign Ministry official dismissed Jan. 25 for allegedly embezzling public funds, is seen in this file photo sitting at the first government preparatory meeting for last year's Group of Eight (G-8) Okinawa summit held at the prime minister's official residence in July 1999. Matsuo was in charge of logistics for the G-8 summit.