ISLAMABAD – President Dr. Arif Alvi has urged Japan to play its role forrestoration of fundamental human rights of the Kashmiri people in Indianoccupied Kashmir.
He was talking to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo.
The President briefed the Japanese Prime Minister about the worseningsituation of human rights in the occupied Kashmir.
President Arif Alvi stressed on the need for both countries to worktogether more closely to enhance mutually beneficial relations particularlyin the fields of investment, trade, human resource development and peopleto people contacts. Referring to the young Pakistani population and agreying and shrinking population in Japan, the President also highlightedthe inherent complementarities that could be exploited to benefit economiesof both the countries.
President Arif Alvi felicitated the Japanese Prime Minister on theenthronement of the Emperor of Japan and hoped that the new Japanese erawould bring more prosperity and well-being for the friendly people of Japan.
Arif Alvi expressed his heartfelt condolences on the loss of precious livescaused by the recent Typhoon Hagibis in Japan and wished the injured earlyrecovery.
The Japanese Prime Minister expressed his gratitude to the President forattending the enthronement and expressed hope that such exchanges will helpin further enhancing the bilateral relations between Pakistan and Japan.
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Meanwhile, speaking at a working luncheon meeting hosted for him byJapan-Pakistan Business Cooperation Committee in Tokyo, President Dr. ArifAlvi offered Japanese companies to invest in Special Economic Zones tocater not only to the big Pakistani market as well as of the wider region.
The President said Pakistan has a liberal investment policy and there aretremendous opportunities for the Japanese companies to take due advantageof the conducive environment.
The two sides also discussed possibilities to enhance investments indiverse sectors such as energy, food processing, fisheries, automobiles andagriculture.
Head of the delegation of Japan-Pakistan Business Cooperation CommitteeKoichi Yajima and the other business leaders acknowledged the economiccredentials of Pakistan.
They expressed strong desire of JPBCC to make practical efforts forboosting up trade and investment relations between the two countries.
