You may recall that Japan invited the representatives of the factions to Japan before. This means that we invited a representative of the Taliban in February of last year. In June of last year, we invited one representative of the Rabbanni faction. In March of this year, we invited three representatives of the non-Taliban factions, meaning the Rabbanni, the Dostum and the Khalili factions. Now, three people from the Taliban faction are in Japan.
Japan appreciates the efforts of Pakistan to mediate among the factions concerned in Cambodia.
We sincerely hope that Pakistan's efforts will actually contribute to the establishment of dialogue among the factions. At the same time, in general ways, the Government of Japan wants to emphasize that the adjacent countries to Afghanistan should stop providing the factions with arms. In this sense, we hope that the Pakistani Government understands what the Government of Japan thinks. While Japan cooperates with the United Nations, Japan offers to provide a meeting place somewhere in Japan if all the factions in Afghanistan are ready to peacefully negotiate the conflict. We have been relaying this message to all of the factions.