BOUGAINVILLE: TOROAMA REMEMBERS ABE

 

Toroama pays tribute to Japan's Shinzo Abe

 

Late former Prime Minister of Japan Mr Shinzo Abe.

BOUGAINVILLE President Ishmael Toroama has sent Bougainville's condolence to the Japan Government on the passing of Shinzo Abe, former Prime Minister of Japan.
 

Mr Toroama said that Abe envisioned a strong Indo Pacific region through strengthened economic ties and infrastructure development. 

"In Bougainville we have benefited from Japanese aid in the education sector (JICA Program), the K100 million aid packages on building 12 bridges across mainland Bougainville and the tourism industry on Bougainville," Mr Toroama said. 
 
Japan built 12 bridges on Bougainville as a present from the people of Japan to Bougainville. 
 
He said there is no country who has done so much to restore it’s honor after committing atrocities during the Second World War than the Japanese.

 

Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama pays tribute.

“As a former wartime colony of the Japanese Empire, Bougainville has shared a close relationship with the government and people of Japan in the last 77 years since the end of World War II in 1945. 

 
“It is in respect of this relationship that I pay tribute to the late Shinzo Abe former Prime Minister of Japan who was slain in a vicious attack on his life."

Mr Abe was attacked by a gunman as he gave an election speech last Friday. He died from his wounds. 
 
“As Japan’s longest serving Prime Minister his legacy goes beyond the islands of Japan," Mr Toroama said. 

"The late Shinzo Abe advocated peaceful coexistence through bilateral relations with other nations that promoted development, trade and peace. 
 
“On behalf of the government and people of Bougainville I offer our sincerest condolences to Mr Abe’s family and the Japanese government,” he said.

Former Japan Ambassador to PNG Mr Satoshi Nakajima arriving at Buka Airport to visit the bridge locations in Central and South Bougainville in 2018. Picture NEW DAWN FM.