{"id":3326,"date":"2007-04-28T10:49:08","date_gmt":"2007-04-28T09:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news1613067580\/news-sp-256\/iran-a-world\/3326-japans-abe-due-in-saudi-for-start-of-mideast-tour"},"modified":"2023-01-12T19:47:07","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T18:47:07","slug":"japans-abe-due-in-saudi-for-start-of-mideast-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-a-world\/japans-abe-due-in-saudi-for-start-of-mideast-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"japan&#8217;s Abe due in Saudi for start of Mideast tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"ABE-JAPAN\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-30685\" height=\"91\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2007\/04\/ABE-JAPAN.bmp\" width=\"125\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/ABE-JAPAN.bmp 410w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/ABE-JAPAN-300x220.bmp 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/ABE-JAPAN-324x235.bmp 324w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/>RIYADH, April 28, 2007 <strong>(AFP<\/strong>) &#8211; Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is due in Saudi Arabia on Saturday on the first leg of a Middle East tour, as the world&#8217;s second-largest economy aims to bolster its presence in a region crucial for its energy needs.   <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"ABE-JAPAN\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-30685\" height=\"146\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2007\/04\/ABE-JAPAN.bmp\" width=\"200\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/ABE-JAPAN.bmp 410w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/ABE-JAPAN-300x220.bmp 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/ABE-JAPAN-324x235.bmp 324w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>RIYADH, April 28, 2007 <strong>(AFP<\/strong>) &#8211; Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is due in Saudi Arabia on Saturday on the first leg of a Middle East tour, as the world&#8217;s second-largest economy aims to bolster its presence in a region crucial for its energy needs. <\/p>\n<p>His visit comes just a day after the oil-rich kingdom said it had arrested a ring of alleged Al-Qaeda militants plotting airborne attacks on oil facilities and army bases, underscoring Japanese worries about stability in the region. <\/p>\n<p>The Japanese leader will hold talks with King Abdullah and Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz, who is also defence minister. <\/p>\n<p>He and a 180-strong business delagation will also meet Hashim Yamani, the minister of commerce and industry and senior business figures, according the Arab News. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;Economic and trade issues, investment opportunities and economic cooperation in energy will be discussed (during the meeting),&quot; the Saudi daily said. <\/p>\n<p>Abe will also visit Egypt, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates on his five-day tour. <br \/>This is the second visit to the Middle East by a Japanese premier in less than a year. Abe&#8217;s predecessor, Junichiro Koizumi, traveled to Israel and its neighbors in July, saying Japan could be a neutral broker in the strife-torn region. <\/p>\n<p>Japan has virtually no oil or gas reserves and relies on the four Gulf states that Abe will visit for more than 70 percent of its oil supply. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;The Middle East is drawing the world&#8217;s attention not just because of political conflicts or war but, in the end, its oil reserves,&quot; said Hiroshi Shiojiri, executive director of the Middle East Research Institute of Japan. <br \/>&quot;Japan is reaffirming its significance at a time when the world is approaching the Middle East for energy security.&quot; <\/p>\n<p>Japan has been concerned by growing political risks to its energy supply. <br \/>Abe, who is a hardliner on nuclear-armed North Korea, last year slashed most of Japan&#8217;s stake in a multibillion-dollar deal to develop Iran&#8217;s largest onshore oil field due to concerns over Tehran&#8217;s atomic drive. <br \/>Tokyo was also forced to cut back its participation in Russia&#8217;s giant Sakhalin-2 oil and gas project after a Kremlin-backed firm took majority control. <\/p>\n<p>Japan has sometimes faced competition from China, which is also keenly seeking resources to fuel its rapidly growing economy. In February, President Hu Jintao toured resource-rich African nations, amid criticism in the West that China is overlooking human rights and graft concerns in its quest. <br \/>Tokyo has tried increasingly to show that it has interests in the Middle East beyond oil. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;Japan has always been left behind on global issues, with many people in Arab nations having the impression that Japan is a faceless deliverer of cash,&quot; Shiojiri said. <\/p>\n<p>Japan came under heavy criticism in the West for bank-rolling the first Gulf War in 1991 to the tune of 13.5 billion dollars, or 20 percent of the international contribution, but without committing personnel because of its pacifist constitution. <\/p>\n<p>Learning from the bitter lesson, Koizumi sent 600 troops to Iraq in 2003, marking the first time since World War II that Japan has sent soldiers to a country where a conflict was under way. <\/p>\n<p>Abe plans to visit Japanese air personnel in Kuwait, who are flying in goods and personnel on behalf of the US-led coalition and the United Nations despite Japan&#8217;s withdrawal of the ground troops last year. <\/p>\n<p>Japanese experts said the country can promote a role in the region as it has little historical baggage. <br \/>&quot;Overall, Japan doesn&#8217;t have major constraints with countries in the region like the ones the United States or Europeans have,&quot; Fukuda said. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;Japan has maintained ties with Iran, given a positive image in Iraq and kept balanced relations with Israel and Palestine. 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