Ambassador Kovač paid a courtesy call to Member of the House of the Representatives of the Japanese Parliament, Mr. Ken Saito, former Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in the Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. During the meeting mutual readiness was expressed in terms of expanding cooperation regarding economic promotion of Serbia in Japan and further engagement in attracting potential Japanese investments. 

 

In a fruitful exchange of views with MP Saito on deepening bilateral economic ties and expanding opportunities for the promotion of Serbia in the 140th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral relations between Serbia and Japan, Ambassador Kovač confirmed Serbia's reliability for Japanese investors, whose investments directly strengthen the economy., changing essentially position of Serbia.

 

MP Saito welcomed the Embassy's initiative in networking the business sector of the two countries, and, according to his personal 30-year experience in various economic Governmental insistutions, noted that the placement of information and exchange of positive experiences of Japanese investors in doing business in Serbia is a "voice",  among other things, to establish partnerships between small and medium-sized enterprises of the two sides.