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IAEA chief Yukiya Amano dies at 72

reporter 1222 — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 12:30:17 +0000

Last week, Reuters reported citing sources that Yukiya Amano could leave his post in March 2020 due to health issues.

The IAEA has also published the latest reflections of the deceased chief as he expressed wish last week to step down the following year.

“During the past decade, the Agency delivered concrete results to achieve the objective of “Atoms for Peace and Development”, thanks to the support of Member States and the dedication of Agency staff. I am very proud of our achievements, and grateful to Member States and Agency staff.”

Mr Amano has frequently stressed that his agency’s work is more technical than political.

Yukiya Amano was born in Yugawara, Japan in 1947. After graduating from the Tokyo University Faculty of Law, he joined the Japanese Foreign Ministry in 1972 and worked there until 2005, when he joined the IAEA as Japan’s Resident Representative to the Agency.

Mr Amano assumed the office of the IAEA chief in 2009 after defeating South African representative Abdul Samad Minty following six-round voting.

He had extensive experience in disarmament and non-proliferation diplomacy, as well as nuclear energy issues.

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Japan’s Abe planning talks with Rouhani in NY later this month

reporter 1222 — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 04:30:47 +0000

Japanese media have reported that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is planning to meet with Iranian president on the sidelines of the UN Security Council General Assembly later this month.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is planning to have talks with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani later this month in New York following the reinstatement of sanctions against the Iran by the United States, a Japanese government source told Kyodo news agency on Sunday.

According to the Japanese leading news agency, the northeastern Asian country hopes to maintain ties with Iran, on which it depends for crude oil imports.

Japan has been asking for a waiver during negotiations with US but has faced difficulties in securing an exemption.

Iran is the sixth-largest exporter of crude oil to Japan, at around 5 percent of Japan’s imports.

Abe and Rouhani are also likely to discuss Japan’s economic cooperation with Iran, it said.

Separately, Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono is mulling visiting Iran around mid-October if he retains the ministerial post in a Cabinet reshuffle Abe would hold in early October, the source said.

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