Eritrean-Japanese Joint Consultative Meeting on economic domain Conducted

Asmara, 16 September 2014 – Eritrean-Japanese Consultative Meeting on cooperation of partnership in the economic domain was conducted yesterday at Asmara Palace Hotel.

On the Eritrean side, experts headed by Mr. Gergis Teklemichael, Minister of National Development, also comprising  experts from the Ministries of Education, Agriculture, Health, Labor and Human Welfare, Energy and Mines, as well as Foreign Affairs took part. Present on the Japanese side were the delegation headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Minoru Kiuchi. The two sides mapped out action plan that would back up the implementation of the resolutions adopted by the Tokyo International Conference for African Development (TICAD-V).

It is to be recalled that the Japanese government delegation headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Minoru Kiuchi earlier held discussion with President Isaias Afwerki.