BEIRUT: Japan Tuesday called for security cooperation with Lebanon to face terrorist threats, days after ISIS beheaded one of two Japanese hostages.
Ambassador Seiichi Otsuka told Prime Minister Tammam Salam during a meeting Tuesday that Japan's premier was keen on achieving "close cooperation with [Lebanon] to combat terrorism," a statement from Salam's office said.
The news comes three days after ISIS released a video showing the beheading of Haruna Yukawa, one of two Japanese hostages held by the jihadi group.
Japan's premier Shinzo Abe had denounced the killing of the Japanese hostage as a “completely unacceptable terrorist act,” and was adamant on saving the life of the second hostage, journalist Kenji Goto Jogo.
Salam offered his sympathies to Japan over the killing, and extended condolences to the victim's family, the statement said.
The Japanese premier likened his country’s hostage crisis to the case of 25 Lebanese servicemen being held captive by ISIS and the Nusra Front on Lebanon's northeastern border, expressing hopes for their “immediate release.”
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