Japanese Ambassador Saida Shinichi meets Foreign Adviser Touhid

Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Saida Shinichi, on Monday, met Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain and discussed issues of mutual interest.

The meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the afternoon, reports UNB.

Bangladesh and Japan on Thursday outlined the areas of future areas of cooperation, and Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus' upcoming visit to Japan is expected to take the relationship to a new height.

The two countries held the 6th Foreign Secretary-level consultations – Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) in Tokyo on May 15.

In February this year, Japanese Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Ikuina Akiko invited Chief Adviser Prof Yunus to visit Japan for the Nikkei 30th Future of Asia event to be held on May 29-30 in Tokyo. Prof Yunus is also a recipient of the Nikkei Asia Prize in 2004.

The Chief Adviser will attend the Nikkei 30th Future of Asia event, and both sides are working to arrange a bilateral meeting between Dr Yunus and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, a diplomatic source told UNB.

Under the new plan for Free and Open Indo Pacific and Big-B initiatives, Japan wants to see the sustainable development of the region.

Japan said it would strengthen its engagement with Bangladesh under the Bay of Bengal Initiative (Big-B), as the country aims to support high-quality infrastructure development projects and encourage Japanese manufacturing and production companies to expand their industrial value chains to Bangladesh.

Under the new plan for Free and Open Indo Pacific and Big-B initiatives, Japan wants to see the sustainable development of the region, according to the Bangladesh Embassy in Tokyo.