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Embassy of Palestine, Tokyo

{{Short description|Building in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan}}

{{Infobox diplomatic mission

| name = General Mission of Palestine in Japan
سفارة دولة فلسطين لدى اليابان
駐日パレスチナ常駐総代表部

| image = EmbassyOfPalestine.jpg

| image_size = 220px

| image_upright = 0.45

| location = {{JPN}}

| address = 3-6-3, Minami-Azabu, Minato, Tokyo

| opened = 1977

| relocation = 2023

| ambassador = {{interlanguage link|Waleed Ali Siam|ar|وليد صيام|ja|ワリード・アリ・シアム}}

| website = https://www.palembjp.org/

}}

The Permanent General Mission of Palestine in Tokyo ({{langx|ar|سفارة دولة فلسطين لدى اليابان}}; {{langx|ja|駐日パレスチナ常駐総代表部}}) is the de facto embassy of Palestine in Japan. There is no official diplomatic relations between the two nations as Japan doesn't recognize Palestine as a sovereign state. Even though the Japanese government supports a two-state solution,{{Cite web |last=Walia |first=Simran |date=2023-11-19 |title=Japan’s take on the Israel-Palestine conflict |url=https://sundayguardianlive.com/world/japans-take-on-the-israel-palestine-conflict |access-date=2023-12-12 |website=The Sunday Guardian Live |language=en-US}} the status quo over diplomatic relations persisted over the years with periodic state visits between the two nations.{{Cite web |last= |date=November 17, 2023 |title=Japan-Palestine Relations (Basic Data) |url=https://www.mofa.go.jp/region/middle_e/palestine/data.html |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan}}

History

Palestine Liberation Organization operated a representative office in Tokyo from 1977 until 1995. Palestinian National Authority reopened the office under the current name of Permanent General Mission of Palestine in 2003. In 2023, the embassy building moved within Tokyo from Kōjimachi, Chiyoda to Minami-Azabu, Minato.[https://web.archive.org/web/20230427045549/https://www.mofa.go.jp/about/emb_cons/protocol/rep.html Other Representative Office | Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan], archived on April 27, 2023[https://web.archive.org/web/20230819080228/https://www.mofa.go.jp/about/emb_cons/protocol/rep.html Office | Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan], archived on August 19, 2023

Head of mission

The general mission is headed by an individual who holds the rank of ambassador. This individual is the head of mission from the Japanese perspective as they are not officially the ambassador of Palestine to Japan. They however hold the rank ambassador.[https://www.mofa.go.jp/about/emb_cons/protocol/rep.html Other Representative Office | Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan][https://www.mofa.go.jp/press/release/press4e_003305.html Luncheon between Foreign Minister Kamikawa and members of the Council of Arab Ambassadors in Japan | Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan]

The incumbent head of mission is ambassador {{interlanguage link|Waleed Ali Siam|ar|وليد صيام|ja|ワリード・アリ・シアム}}. He is also the dean of the Arab Diplomatic Corps in Japan.[https://www.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/english/governor/act/2019/190313.html Governor meets with the Arab Diplomatic Corps - Tokyo Metropolitan Government]

class="wikitable"

|+List of previous heads of mission

! rowspan="2" | {{Abbr|No.|Number}}

! colspan="2" | Name

! rowspan="2" | Appointment

! rowspan="2" | Dismissal

! rowspan="2" | Remarks

in English

!in Arabic

1

| Fathi Abdul Hamid

| {{lang|ar|فتحي عبد الحميد}}

| 1977

| 1983

| [https://www.nytimes.com/1981/09/27/world/japan-agrees-to-let-arafat-visit-next-month.html Japan Agrees to Let Arafat Visit Next Month - The New York Times][https://www.un.org/unispal/document/auto-insert-208343/ Tenth United Nations Seminar on the Question of Palestine (Beijing, 22-26 April 1985) - Report - DPR publication]

2

| Baker Abdel Munem

| {{lang|ar|بكر عبد المنعم}}

| 1983

| 1995

| [https://www.all4palestine.org/ModelDetails.aspx?gid=13&mid=1285&lang=en All 4 Palestine | Model Role Details]

-

| Vacant

| {{lang|ar|شاغر}}

| 1995

| 2003

| [https://www.mofa.go.jp/region/middle_e/palestine/data.html#:~:text=Japan%20supports%20a%20two-state%20solution%20whereby%20Israel%20and,2.3%20billion%20US%20dollars%20in%20total%20since%201993. Japan-Palestine Relations (Basic Data)]

3

| {{interlanguage link|Waleed Ali Siam|ar|وليد صيام|ja|ワリード・アリ・シアム}}

| {{lang|ar|وليد علي صيام}}

| 2003

| Present

| [https://www.meij.or.jp/event/2015_09.html 11.04 中東情勢講演会（シアム在京パレスチナ常駐総代表部代表（大使）） | 公益財団法人 中東調査会] (Japanese and English)

See also

{{Portal|Politics|Palestine|Japan}}

References

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External links

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  • [https://www.palembjp.org/ Official Website]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20230529000659/http://www.palst-jp.com/eg/eg_top.html Former Official Website] - using Adobe Flash Player disabled December 2020
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