Ambassador Mr. DIDA received today in a working meeting the Member of the House of Representatives Ms.Toshiko ABE ( Ph.D ).
At the beginning of the meeting, Ambassador DIDA acknowledged the importance of the historical visit of the group of Japanese parliamentarians of the House of Representatives, led by Speaker Mr. IBUKI, that visited Tirana on August 19-21, 2014. He expressed gratitude to Japanese parliamentarians for the supporting role to the bilateral cooperation as well as a significant steps made toward of parliamentary cooperation.
Ms.ABE thanked for the welcome organized in Albania and in particular acknowledged the Albanian hospitality and the taste of Albanian bio products like fish and vegetables. She said that the Japanese investors would appreciate and know more Albania through the investments primarily in confection of these wonderful products that would create an opportunity for the development of future projects. Part of her appreciation were also the specific projects that were implemented by JICA for the field of health.
During the meeting, both sides reaffirmed the common will to further develop cooperation in the field of parliamentary diplomacy and further engagement of this diplomacy as the driver for the concrete projects with ODA, JICA and other organizations as well as concrete support of the Japan-Albania Friendship parliamentary group, to the bilateral cooperation between Albania and Japan.