Ghosn's defendant Lebanon's "government is not involved" January 8 at 5:05
Japanese ambassador to Japan, Lebanon's ambassador Okubo, was sent to the presidential office in the outskirts of Beirut on Wednesday before Ghosn appeared in public at the press conference on August 8, following his escape to Lebanon. We talked with.
According to the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Okubo said at a meeting that `` It is regrettable that Defendant Ghosn left Japan illegally and traveled to Lebanon and cannot be overlooked as Japan, '' and the Lebanese government investigated the facts. And requested Japan to cooperate.
On the other hand, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not disclosed whether it has requested extradition as "no details will be given."
In response, President Aung explained that the Lebanese government was not involved in the case at all, and Lebanon attaches great importance to relations with Japan and willingly cooperate with requests from Japan. That is, they promised to do so.
Regarding the involvement of the Lebanese government, a leading deputy chief of foreign affairs in the Lebanese parliament also emphasized in an NHK interview that "to the best of my knowledge, the Lebanese government has not helped in any way." The Lebanese side has consistently strongly denied.