The minister of Foreign Relations of Colombia, Laura Camila Sarabia Torreson Monday began his first diplomatic tour in Asia, in which he has held a meeting with his Japanese counterpart, Takeshi Iweaya, during which they have discussed the reactivation of conversations on the Economic Association Agreement between the two countries.
With the aim of continuing to strengthen the bonds of friendship and cooperation, the foreign ministers dialogue about the president’s intention Gustavo Petro to visit Japan in 2025as well as the creation of the working group to review the bilateral relationship with the objective of seeking mechanisms that allow raising relations to the level of strategic alliance.
The agenda included a meeting with The vice president of the International Cooperation Agency of JapanSachiko Imoto, to achieve continuous support from Jica to projects in Colombia.
In this space has highlighted the importance of technical cooperation, which provides knowledge, resources and experience to face overall challenges efficiently.
Colombia and Japan have a cooperation relationship that already reaches 40 years. At the meeting, Sarabia has indicated that before finishing its management, the route for cooperation between cooperation will be established Colombia and Japan for the next five yearsIn the same way, he highlighted the importance of Japanese aid on issues such as artificial intelligence, energy transition, bets in nanotechnology, by the hand of social development.
Subsequently, the minister has met with representatives of the Colombia-Japan Economic Committee of Keidanren in order to strengthen economic and commercial relationship with Japan, and promote a meeting ofThe Colombian-Japan Economic Committeean important engine of the bilateral economic relationship for the private sector, offering a space to discuss the most important issues of the agenda.
This meeting seeks a Fluid political dialogue to strengthen commercial ties and develop a large cooperation agenda in various strategic areas of mutual interest.
“Solidarity is not only among countries but also among sectors. This is key to progress,” said the minister when referring to the importance of private public alliances.
