On May 20, Vice Director-General of the DPJ International Department, Harunobu Yonenaga was invited to a regular meeting of African ambassadors to Tokyo, where he gave a speech. At the meeting, Yonenaga gave a brief explanation of the current situation regarding international parliamentary friendship leagues, and said that interested Diet members were currently working together with the intention of establishing a parliamentary friendship league with the African Union within the DPJ. The assembled ambassadors expressed their strong support for the establishment of such a league.
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