NEW AMBASSADOR OF JAPAN PAYS COURTESY CALL ON MR. SPEAKER

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Hon Anton Tabone, received a courtesy visit from the newly appointed Ambassador for Japan, His Excellency Akira Hayashi.

In the course of the cordial meeting Mr Speaker and the Ambassador exchanged overviews on their respective countries. Mr Speaker augured that the Ambassador's new diplomatic mission will further enhance the already existing friendly relations between Malta and Japan and moreover open new possibilities to explore novel areas of cooperation. The Ambassador concurred with the intention to further develop the sphere of activities between the two countries and furthermore expressed the need to familiarise both sides with the respective Institutions and related functions.

To this end the Ambassador will be forwarding the House of Representatives with publications that will meet this objective. Mr. Speaker further mentioned the possibility to set-up parliamentary friendship groups between the Parliaments of Japan and Malta.