(Prime Minister's Office) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told visiting Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday: "I hope that soon we will be able to see the beginning of peace talks. Our team is ready - we've always been ready." Foreign Minister Kishida noted: "On the occasion of the unprecedented Great East Japan Earthquake which hit Japan two years ago, we received warm words of condolences and swift assistance from Israel. I'd like to express once again appreciation for that. In particular I appreciate the dispatch of the medical assistance unit to Minamisanriku-Cho. This assistance touched the hearts of people and the people of the local community."
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