UAE and Japan discuss latest developments, sign more MoUs

Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, met with the Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. The meeting was attended by Dr Thani Bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of State for Foreign Trade, and Shihab Al Fahim, UAE Ambassador to Japan.

During the meeting, Dr Al Jaber conveyed greetings from President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, to the Japanese Prime Minister, along with his best wishes for continued progress and prosperity for Japan and its people.

The two sides discussed the latest developments in the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Initiative and the implementation of joint projects and programmes within this framework.

This visit comes as part of the efforts to strengthen the enduring relations between the two friendly countries, and their aspirations to achieve sustainable economic growth, 

and to enhance the prospects for joint cooperation and ways to develop it in various fields, within the framework of the comprehensive strategic partnership initiative that was launched during the visit of His Highness Sheikh Khaled Bin Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Chairman of Abu Dhabi Executive Council, to Japan in September 2022.

During the visit, Dr Sultan Al Jaber met with Kamikawa Yoko, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ken Saito, Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry, Taro Kono, Minister for Digital Transformation, and Yoshimasa Hayashi, Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan.

Dr Al Jaber also met with Chief Executive Officers of Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), Ineos, Mitsui & Co., Inpex, Jira, Itochu, Hitachi, and SoftBank Group.Dr. Al Jaber affirmed during the meetings with the Japanese side the keenness of the UAE leadership to extend and strengthen bridges of communication and cooperation to serve sustainable economic and social development efforts.

He discussed the importance of securing energy supplies to benefit from artificial intelligence tools and solutions in order to improve the performance of the energy sector and raise its efficiency, in addition to stimulating and encouraging innovation, which helps to explore, 

develop and apply more solutions to stimulate low emission economic growth, and supporting the achievement of the goals of the “UAE Consensus” reached during the Conference of Parties “COP28”.

He highlighted as well that the UAE adopted from an early stage the development and implementation of clean energy projects locally, regionally and globally, and called for attracting more investments in the energy sector to meet the growing global demand for it.