Japan, Poland reaffirm efforts for post-2012 emissions cut regime

TOKYO, Oct. 1 Kyodo - Japanese and Polish foreign ministers reaffirmed in talks Wednesday the two
nations' cooperation on establishing an effective global framework for
emissions reduction beyond 2012 and agreed that the situation between Russia
and Georgia should be resolved peacefully, they said in a joint press
statement.

Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone also reiterated Tokyo's opposition
to a lifting of the European Union's arms embargo on China, while his Polish
counterpart Radoslaw Sikorski emphasized that export control issues deserve
careful consideration in the light of international and regional security, the
statement said.
Confirming active bilateral interactions recently in various fields such as
defense exchanges and development cooperation, the two ministers agreed to hold
the next bilateral policy dialogue ''at the earliest timing possible'' and to
cooperate in areas such as energy efficiency and clean energy to tackle climate
change.
Poland, which will host the 14th session of the Conference of the Parties to
the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in December, also
supported the Japan-proposed sectoral approach in identifying national targets
for greenhouse gas emission cuts beyond 2012 when the current Kyoto Protocol
expires, according to the statement.
Nakasone and Sikorski confirmed their intention to join hands in providing
development cooperation for third countries such as Ukraine and Afghanistan,
and to work together for early realization of the U.N. Security Council reform,
including Japan's bid for permanent membership of the council.
On the situation in Georgia, the ministers agreed the issue should be
''resolved peacefully based on an internationally approved principle of
territorial integrity,'' the statement said.
Next year will mark the 90th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic
relations between Japan and Poland. The two nations celebrated the 50th
anniversary of the resumption of ties last year.
Sikorski, who arrived earlier on Wednesday for a five-day visit, is the first
foreign counterpart to hold talks with Nakasone in Tokyo since the Japanese
minister took office last week.
The Polish foreign minister is scheduled to meet Japanese business
representatives on Thursday and visit Nagoya and Kyoto during the rest of his
stay in Japan.