Tokyo, May 10 (BNA): Minister of Industry and Commerce Abdullah bin Adel Fakhro participated in the signing ceremony of a memorandum of understanding to establish a Bahraini-Japanese business group for trade and investment.
The memorandum of understanding was signed by Ahmed Mohammed Al Dosari, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain to Japan, and Kansuke Nagaoka, Assistant Minister of Japan and Director General of the Middle East and African Affairs Office at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The establishment of the business group comes in implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding for political consultations signed on the sidelines of the official visit of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa to Tokyo on April 11, 2012.
Fakhro emphasized the strong relations between Bahrain and Japan, which resulted from the support of the two leaderships with the aim of further progress and prosperity for both countries.
Al-Dosari stressed that the business group aims to enhance trade and investment cooperation between the two countries, which contributes to the economic recovery plan.
For her part, Ambassador Fatima Abdullah Faris Al Dhaen, Head of Afro-Asian Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, referred to the strength of Bahraini-Japanese relations, citing the two countries’ celebration of the golden jubilee of relations last year.
The business group aims to create an economic and investment environment in all sectors such as technology, artificial intelligence (AI), healthcare, and small and medium enterprises (SMB).
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