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JAKARTA - The earthquake and tsunami in Japan to make Indonesia as the Country Coordinator for ASEAN-Japan Partnership Dialogue (2009-2012) and Chairman of ASEAN, to take the initiative to hold a Special Meeting of ASEAN-Japan Ministerial today at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta.
President of the Republic of Indonesia Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is also scheduled to attend the meeting which will be attended by Japanese Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto them.
In addition, the other ASEAN Foreign Ministers also attended the meeting confirmed coming. Earthquakes in Japan with the strength of 9.0 on the Richter scale and with the tsunami struck last March 11, 2011.
Natural disasters are causing casualties and enormous damage in addition to all casualties.
The earthquake and tsunami caused the destruction of social, economic, and environmental conditions in Japan. Another impact of the disaster was the damage to the nuclear reactor in Fukushima Prefecture, according to a press release reported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Legal, Saturday (04/09/2011).
Special Meeting of ASEAN-Japan Ministerial is a form of expression of solidarity with the people of ASEAN to the people of Japan has been hit by the earthquake and devastating tsunami.
Japan is a close partner of ASEAN which has consistently been helping ASEAN countries stricken by natural disasters.
Ministers of ASEAN and Japan will discuss ways and means to improve natural disaster management cooperation and assistance, including the efforts of post-disaster recovery, including recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction.
The meeting also aims to strengthen cooperation in aspects such as pre-disaster prevention and mitigation and disaster risk reduction.
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