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JICA's Ogata anticipates Japan's more direct Afghan aid policy

Sunday 08th November, 12:40 AM JST

TOKYO —

Sadako Ogata, president of the Japan International Cooperation Agency, said Saturday she anticipates that the new aid package being planned by Tokyo for Afghanistan will be a more direct one for the country, saying the ongoing refueling mission in the Indian Ocean is indirect support for the war-torn nation.

Speaking to news organizations during a Japan-Germany symposium on development assistance in Tokyo, Ogata said the new Japanese government is trying to shift its contribution into “something more directly related to Afghanistan” and work out an aid package “on a slightly longer projection basis.”

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