Qatar-Japan Joint Economic Committee Holds its 11th Meeting

Tokyo, October 19 (QNA) - The Qatar-Japan Joint Economic Committee held its 11th meeting today in Tokyo, Japan. HE Minister of Energy and Industry Dr Mohammad Bin Saleh Al Sada headed Qatar's delegation, while HE Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Hiroshige Seko headed the Japanese side. HE Qatar's Ambassador to Japan Yousef Bilal attended the meeting. The two sides discussed cooperation in the fields of energy, industry, trade, investment, education and higher education, health, civil aviation, transport, infrastructure and other areas of mutual interest. Earlier in the day, Dr Al Sada witnessed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) and Shimakura NEDO, on the application of an advanced seawater desalination system. He also met with senior officials from Chubu, Mitsui and Sumitomo companies. His Excellency also met with a group of students from the Qatar Leadership Center (QLC) who are attending a training course in Japan as part of their QLC programme. Dr Al Sada advised the group to get maximum benefit from Japan's expertise in business management, leadership development and creativity in providing the appropriate environment for the development of a knowledge-based economy. He also urged them to transfer Japanese technology and other advanced leadership techniques acquired in their training to national institutions. Dr Al Sada ended a three-day visit to Japan, where he had participated, with the accompanying delegation, in the 6th LNG Producer-Consumer Conference that was held in Tokyo under the slogan "Developing LNG Markets in Asia". He had also met with a number of senior officials from Japanese companies that are Qatar's partners in various energy-related projects. (QNA)