Exhibit 99.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of Norsat International Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 20F for the year ended September 28, 2002 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Yutaka Ueda, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 1350, as adopted pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the best of my knowledge:

1.	the Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
2.	the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.

Date: May  20, 2003	“Yutaka Ueda”
	Yutaka Ueda
	President and Chief Executive
	Officer

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