Japan-Sri Lanka to enhance economic cooperation

Japan and Sri Lanka will hold the Consultation on National Development Cooperation and the Economic Policy Dialogue today at Cinnamon Lakeside Hotel, Colombo. 

These two meetings will be held as a follow up to the visit to Japan by Prime Minister Wickremesinghe in October 2015, during which Prime Minister Abe and Wickremesinghe agreed upon a ‘Comprehensive Partnership’ to further deepen bilateral cooperation. 

 The meetings will focus on ways to assist Sri Lanka’s national development plan and to promote trade and investment between Japan and Sri Lanka.  

Japan will be represented by Hirofumi Katase, Vice-Minister for International Affairs, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Kenichi Suganuma, Ambassador of Japan and other senior officials of relevant Ministries at these meetings, while Malik Samarawickrama, Minister of Development Strategies and International Trade and Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy, Governor of the Central Bank, will represent Sri Lanka. 

Secretaries and representatives from relevant Sri Lankan Ministries and institutions are also expected to participate.