Japan to open embassy in Botswana

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Officials from the Japanese Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, were in Botswana last week where they intend to open an embassy.

"Everybody seems to wear a smile here, you are all happy people," they said.  The Japanese envoys said that they intended to open the embassy towards end of this year or by early next year.  They explained that they were still engaged in talks with the Botswana government on the issue and were hopeful it would soon be finalised.

 

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