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Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will make a formal visit to Kenya to attend a summit of Japanese and African leaders, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Monday.
Leaving Japan for Kenya on Thursday, Abe plans to participate in the sixth summit of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Nairobi on Saturday and Sunday, the top government spokesman said at a press conference.
During his visit to the country, Abe is also slated to meet with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and possibly hold talks with other African leaders, Japanese government officials said.
It will be the first time in 15 years that an incumbent Japanese prime minister has visited Kenya.
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida will also visit Kenya for five days from Thursday to co-chair a ministerial-level meeting on Friday with Chad counterpart Moussa Faki Mahamat and attend the two-day TICAD summit along with Abe, the Foreign Ministry said.
Chad is currently chair of the African Union, which is one of the hosts of the TICAD summit. Kishida is also expected to hold bilateral talks with his counterparts from African countries on the fringes of the summit, the ministry said.
At the TICAD summit, Japanese and African leaders are expected to aim to adopt the Nairobi Declaration, which would focus on how to enhance areas such as education on the continent to tackle the threat of terrorism.
“We would like to issue a message of strong support for development in Africa,” Suga said.
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