May 18 &22, 2012

JCP Shii has talks with politburo member of CPV

Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo on May 17 held a talk with Vietnam-Japan Parliamentary Friendship Association President To Huy Rua, politburo member of the Communist Party of Vietnam, at the JCP headquarters.

Rua conveyed CPV Secretary General Nguyen Phu Trong’s message to Shii and said, “We hope to further develop the long standing friendship between the JCP and the CPV.” Referring to the past 3 theoretical exchange meetings between the two parties which Rua had attended as the head of the CPV delegation, he added, “Cooperation with the JCP, which has a solid theoretical and practical understanding of modern capitalism, is not only important theoretically but useful to us in practice.”

Shii replied to Rua, “The theoretical exchange meetings provide an opportunity to further develop our theory.” Both sides agreed to continue to hold such meetings in the future.

The chair took up the need to strengthen the two parties’ cooperation for peace in Asia and the world. He explained the JCP’s plan to broaden the idea of “peaceful security” from the ASEAN region to northeastern Asia by working to have the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty abrogated.

JCP Shii sends message to new GAKR leader

Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo sent a congratulatory message to Ho Jong Man, named as new chair of General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon). His message is as below:

I congratulate you on your assumption as chair. I hope you and your organization play an active role in improving the living conditions and the rights of Korean residents in Japan. I express our hope for peace in East Asia including the entire Korean Peninsula and for normalization of relations between the two countries.