Japanese ambassador to Bangladesh Iwama Kiminori on Monday said Japan is inclined to make investments in Bangladesh in a larger volume in the coming days.
The ambassador expressed such interest when he made a courtesy call to Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal at his office at Bangladesh Secretariat today.
Mentioning the long-standing friendly relationship between Japan and Bangladesh, Kiminori said that such a trend would continue in the future also.
He also referred to the various developments made during and after the recent visit of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to Japan, read a Finance Ministry press release.
Recalling the historic friendly relations between the two countries, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said that Japan is a time-tested friend of Bangladesh while the country is making important contributions to the socio-economic development of Bangladesh.
Given the current economic progress of Bangladesh, Kamal said that the time has come to transform this bilateral partnership into a strategic partnership.
He also stressed the need for working on mutual cooperation on indifferent interest-related matters of the two countries.
During the meeting, they also discussed various issues related to mutual interests.
