BONN : Islands of Aid
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German Chancellor Helmut Kohl is expected to put considerable pressure on Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa to boost Tokyo’s meager aid to the successor states of the former Soviet Union during the Japanese official’s five-day visit this week to Paris and Bonn. Miyazawa, meanwhile, will push both France and Germany to support his country’s efforts to win back four disputed islands seized by Soviet forces during the last days of World War II.
This week’s talks are in preparation for the Group of Seven industrial powers’ summit in Munich in July.
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