وتقول إن كل هذه النفقات نجمت عن المكوث الإجباري ل‍ 17 موظفاً في العراق وأنها تحملت تلك النفقات ضرورة لدعم الموظفين حتى يتمكنوا من مغادرة العراق.
Niigata states that all of these expenses resulted from the enforced stay of its 17 employees in Iraq and were necessarily incurred in supporting the employees until they were able to depart from Iraq.