Press release

Ambassador of Japan hosted a dinner at his residence to exchange views with the Members of Pakistan-Japan Parliamentary Friendship Group in the National Assembly

PRESS RELEASE N0: JPNEMPAK 14-28

Islamabad: 13 May 2014

Ambassador of Japan to Pakistan, Mr. Hiroshi Inomata hosted a dinner at his residence to exchange views with the Members of Pakistan-Japan Parliamentary Friendship Group in the National Assembly, today. H.E. Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Speaker National Assembly and President of Pakistan-Japan Parliamentary Friendship Group, H.E. Syed Tariq Fatemi, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister and Members of the Friendship Group attended the occasion.

Mr. Hiroshi Inomata welcomed H.E. Sardar Ayaz Sadiq and the distinguished members of the Pakistan-Japan Parliamentary Friendship Group and said that Japan considered Pakistan as one of its close friends and desired to further strengthen bilateral relations. He said that Embassy of Japan in Pakistan would continue to play its role to in improving the ties and cooperation between the two countries. He assured that Japanese Mission would extend full support in promoting interaction between parliamentarians of Japan and Pakistan.

Addressing the gathering, H.E. Sardar Ayaz Sadiq said that Pakistan attached immense importance to its decades’ old friendship with Japan and wished to reinforce it through enhanced people-to-people and parliamentary contacts. He informed that Pakistan-Japan Parliamentary Friendship Group had been reconstituted after the institution of present National Assembly in June, 2013 by appointing Ms. Ayesha Raza Farooq, MNA as its convener. He said that since then the Group had carried out intensive activities. He expressed the hope that this occasion would help further to strengthen the bilateral relationship between Pakistan and Japan as well as encouraging legislators’ contacts between the two countries for exchange of views and experiences.

Japan and Pakistan established the diplomatic relation in April 28, 1952. Since then, Japan and Pakistan have been enjoying cordial and friendly bilateral relations in a wide range of areas. Japan also started its economic cooperation for Pakistan in 1954 and has built good bilateral relations stretching over decades.
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