On December 31, Ambassador Miyagawa
visited the Japanese Destroyer OHNAMI during a port call at Port Klang
in Selangor State to encourage the crew of the Escort Division 6 (ED 6)
of the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) which is preparing to
dispatch a Japan Disaster Relief (JDR) Team in response to the crash of
an Indonesian AirAsia Plane. Ambassador Miyagawa expressed his
gratitude to the crew for their previous missions and encouraged the
crew of ED6 to fully contribute to the Disaster Relief Operations and to provide support to the victims’ families.
ED 6 had
accomplished their anti-piracy operations, off the Coast of Somalia and
in the Gulf of Aden since July 2014. The Destroyer, which was anchored
at Port Klang for refueling and victualing, had set sail for search and
rescue duty on the 2nd of January. It headed towards the vicinity of
the Karimata Strait in response to requests received from the
Government of Indonesia, as well as Malaysia, where the AirAsia
corporate headquarters is located.
