Ana Birchall discusses with Taro Kono in New York on expanding Romanian-Japanese economic cooperation

Deputy Prime Minister Ana Birchall, currently visiting the United States of America, has discussed with Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Kono about deepening political-diplomatic exchanges between the two countries and expanding economic cooperation. 

The meeting of the two officials took place in New York on Wednesday on the sidelines of the work visit Ana Birchall is paying to the US, reads a press release posted on the website of the Romanian Deputy Prime Minister. 

According to the cited source, the agenda of the discussions included relevant topics from the perspective of the strategic relationship between Romania and Japan, such as the deepening of the political-diplomatic exchanges, the expansion of the economic cooperation, including the encouragement of the Japanese investments in Romania, and the continuation of the dialogue on security issues. 

"We have emphasized that the strategic relationship between Romania and Japan is particularly important, especially from the perspective of the economic dimension, especially since Japan is the largest Asian investor in Romania, the interest of the Japanese companies in our country still being on an upward trend. We count on the substantial development of the Romanian-Japanese relations also in the years to come," Ana Bichall said. 

At the same time, the Romanian Deputy Prime Minister stressed that, in the context of Brexit, a number of economic opportunities can be capitalized on, which can translate into an increase in Japan's investments in our country. 

"We were honored to receive Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to Romania in January, and we are determined to carry out the agreed projects in the framework of the Bucharest political dialogue," Ana Birchall said at a meeting with the Japanese Foreign Minister. 

She also stressed that "Romania is interested in continuing the dialogue with Japan on the security and defense dimensions, as well as good cooperation, both in bilateral and multilateral format, within international organizations."