Bahrain-Japan bilateral cooperation success

Agencies | Tokyo                                                                          

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com

Bahrain and Japan highlighted the tangible progress in bilateral cooperation in conjunction with the golden jubilee of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two friendly countries.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Political Affairs Undersecretary, Dr Shaikh Abdullah bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, and the Assistant Foreign Minister and Director-General for Middle Eastern and African Affairs Bureau at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Nagaoka Kansuke, held the sixth round of political consultations at the Ministry’s headquarters in Tokyo.

The meeting was held under the chairmanship of Dr Shaikh Abdullah. They highlighted the success of activating more than 17 signed agreements and memoranda of understanding in various fields, in addition to coordinating diplomatic positions to support regional and global peace and security efforts.

During the meeting, the Undersecretary commended the longstanding relations between Bahrain and Japan, and the progress they are witnessing in various fields, in order to activate the memorandum of understanding on political consultations signed on the sidelines of the visit of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, to Tokyo on April 11, 2012.

They also discussed means to enhance economic cooperation and encourage bilateral trade.