Japan speaker lauds Dhaka's stance on nuclear issues
Speaker of Japanese parliament Diet Kono Yohei praised the foreign policy of Bangladesh, particularly its positive position on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) with regard to nuclear issues.
He lauded Bangladesh's position on these issues when Foreign Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, now in Japan, called on him at his parliament office in Tokyo yesterday morning, said a message from the Japan.
Kono Yohei, a former foreign minister of Japan, also showed keen interest in Bangladesh's domestic political reforms as explained to him by the foreign adviser.
“The close relationship that the Japanese and Bangladesh enjoy also encompass our peoples,” Iftekhar told the speaker.
The speaker showed eagerness to learn about the development model that Bangladesh is following.
Later, foreign adviser called on Nobutaka Machimura, chief cabinet secretary and a senior minister of the Japanese government, who was also a former foreign minister, and discussed bilateral relations and the means of further expanding them.
“I explained to Machimura the kind of leadership Asian developing countries expect from Japan when Japan chairs the G-8 Summit this year”, the foreign adviser said while speaking to the media afterwards.
Machimura thanked Iftekhar Chowdhury for the support Japan has been given by Bangladesh in international fora, including in the United Nations.
The foreign adviser began his day's programme by laying a wreath at the 'Shaheed Minar' in Tokyo. The deputy mayor of Toshima City accompanied him.
The adviser thanked local Bangladeshis for keeping alive 'the spirit of Ekushey's sacrifice in this distant land'.
He also addressed the Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industries, Japan, at a luncheon meeting and urged the non-resident Bangladeshis to remain engaged with the country and invest there.
In the afternoon, he addressed the members of the Japan National Press Club on Bangladesh-Japan relations and the evolving international situations.
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