ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Senator Ishaq Dar on Friday said that Japan was a longtime partner of Pakistan in its quest for economic development.
Finance minister was talking to Japanese Ambassador Takashi Kurai who called on him on Friday.
During the meeting, both dignitaries discussed Pak-Japan bilateral relations and overall economic cooperation between the two countries.
On the occasion, the Japanese ambassador said that his country was always ready to contribute to socio-economic uplift in Pakistan.
The finance minister, on the occasion, recalled his meeting with the Japanese deputy prime minister on the sidelines of the Asian Development Bank’s annual meeting in Yokohama and said that it opened new avenues of cooperation in the financial sector.
Finance Minister Dar thanked the ambassador for his proactive role in promoting economic cooperation between the two countries.
He assured him that the government would extend all possible cooperation to facilitate the Japanese investors and businessmen in their new ventures.
