As the fighting between government forces and minorities in Ethiopia in Africa is intensifying, the Japanese government is in a neighboring country where the Self-Defense Forces are based to determine whether it is necessary to support the evacuation of Japanese staying. We have decided to send a research team to Jibuchi.
In Ethiopia in eastern Africa, Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued the highest level of "evacuation advisory" as dangerous information after a year of fighting between government forces and ethnic minorities and the declaration of an emergency this month. Is issued to encourage the Japanese who remain in the area to leave the country early.
Under these circumstances, the Government of Japan held a ministerial meeting of the NSC = National Security Council on the evening of the 26th to discuss the response.
As a result, an investigation team was dispatched to Djibouti, a neighboring country where the Self-Defense Forces are based, to determine whether it is necessary to support the evacuation of Japanese people staying in Ethiopia.
A government official told NHK that "I have not been informed that the life of Japanese people is being affected so far, but the situation is fluid and I would like to take all possible measures to ensure safety. I'm talking.