ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister, Senator Muhammad Ishaq Dar, Wednesday arrived Japan on a 6-day visit, primarily to participate in the 50th Annual Meeting of Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to be held at Yokohama from May 4 – 7, 2017.
Finance Minister is attending the meeting in the capacity of Vice Chair of the ADB Board of Governors, said a press statement issued by the Finance Ministry here.
The Board would hold meetings to discuss developments in Asia and Pacific as well as international matters.
The annual meeting would further focus on the region’s growing need for infrastructure as a critical sector towards achieving sustainable and inclusive development.
Dar on the margins of the ADB conference, would also attend the meeting of SAARC Finance Ministers besides having interaction with Presidents of ADB, JICA and AIIB and Chairman JETRO to discuss matters of regional and bilateral co-operation.
The statement said that Secretary, Economic Affairs Division was accompanying the Finance Minister, adding that on his arrival, senior Japanese and Pakistan Embassy officials welcomed the Finance Minister. (APP)