BEIRUT: Japan wants cooperation with Lebanon in the case of ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn and to develop bilateral ties, deputy justice minister Hiroyuki Yoshiie said during a visit to Lebanon on Monday (Mar 2), according to the Lebanese presidency.
Lebanese President Michel Aoun told Yoshiie that Lebanon had sent a correspondence to Japan over the Ghosn case but had not received any official response, the presidency said on its Twitter feed.
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Ghosn fled Japan to Lebanon, his childhood home, in December as he awaited trial on charges of under-reporting earnings, breach of trust and misappropriation of company funds, all of which he denies.
READ: Japan minister flying to Lebanon to make case for Ghosn's return
Aoun also noted that Lebanon and Japan had no judicial cooperation or extradition treaty.
Ghosn was questioned in Lebanon in January over an Interpol warrant and faces a travel ban. Ghosn has said he Read More – Source
BEIRUT: Japan wants cooperation with Lebanon in the case of ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn and to develop bilateral ties, deputy justice minister Hiroyuki Yoshiie said during a visit to Lebanon on Monday (Mar 2), according to the Lebanese presidency.
Lebanese President Michel Aoun told Yoshiie that Lebanon had sent a correspondence to Japan over the Ghosn case but had not received any official response, the presidency said on its Twitter feed.
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Ghosn fled Japan to Lebanon, his childhood home, in December as he awaited trial on charges of under-reporting earnings, breach of trust and misappropriation of company funds, all of which he denies.
READ: Japan minister flying to Lebanon to make case for Ghosn's return
Aoun also noted that Lebanon and Japan had no judicial cooperation or extradition treaty.
Ghosn was questioned in Lebanon in January over an Interpol warrant and faces a travel ban. Ghosn has said he Read More – Source
