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Parliamentary Vice-Minister Kato Holds Meeting with Ms. Ragnhild Sjoner Syrstad, State Secretary of Trade, Industry and Fisheries of the Kingdom of Norway
June 4, 2025
On Tuesday, June 3, Mr. Kato Akiyoshi, Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, held a meeting with Ms. Ragnhild Sjoner Syrstad, State Secretary of Trade, Industry and Fisheries of the Kingdom of Norway, to come to agreement on continued collaboration towards deepening bilateral economic relations.
Mr. Kato Akiyoshi, Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, welcomed the participation of H.E. Mr. Espen Barth EIDE, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Norway, and Ms. Ragnhild Sjoner Syrstad, State Secretary of Trade, Industry and Fisheries, in an event held on Monday, June 2, at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai to mark Norway’s National Day.
During the meeting, both sides welcomed the conclusion of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Floating Offshore Wind Technology Research Association (FLOWRA) of Japan and Innovation Norway to explore technology development cooperation in the field of floating offshore wind, and exchanged views on strengthening bilateral collaboration, particularly in the field of renewable energy. They also agreed to further deepening economic relations through the newly established dialogue framework for discussing a wide range of topics of interest to the two countries.
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