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Minister Saito Receives Courtesy Call from H.E. Mr. Shihab Ahmed Al Faheem, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Arab Emirates

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May 7, 2024

External Economic Policy

On Tuesday, May 7, 2024, Mr. Saito Ken, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, received a courtesy call from H.E. Mr. Shihab Ahmed Al Faheem, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Arab Emirates. The two sides exchanged views on bilateral economic cooperation.

Minister Saito received a courtesy call from Ambassador Al Faheem of the UAE. The two sides confirmed the trusting relationship between Japan and the UAE based on their longstanding cooperation in crude oil supply. In addition, they exchanged views on the efforts for bilateral economic cooperation between Japan and the UAE in a wide variety of fields, including the first meeting of the UAE-Japan Joint Business Council held in Abu Dhabi, which is a framework for private-sector discussions whose establishment was agreed during Prime Minister Kishida’s visit to the UAE in 2023, and cooperation in the fields of advanced technologies and decarbonization under the Japan-UAE Coordination Scheme for  Advanced Technology (JU-CAT). Following this, Minister Saito encouraged the UAE to cooperate in stabilizing the international crude oil market.

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