Envoy calls for stronger economic ties
Japanese Ambassador Satoshi Suzuki has highlighted his vision for collaboration between Japan and State of Uttar Pradesh in economic, cultural and educational spheres.
He also emphasized on the need of strengthening in the sectors like tourism, art and culture, people to people exchange, skill development and capacity building between Japan and Uttar Pradesh.
“The promotion of Japanese language education is one of the indispensable areas to energize people-to-people exchange,” Suzuki added at the ‘4th Dialogue with States – Japan’s Connect with Uttar Pradesh’.
It was organized by FICCI, jointly with the Embassy of Japan in Lucknow on 20 Feb 2020.
The highlight of the discussion was to ideate on strengthening of economic connect, tourism, art & culture, people-to-people exchanges, skill development and capacity building between Japan and the state of Uttar Pradesh.
Navneet Sehgal, principal secretary, khadi and village industries, emphasised on the immense potential that Uttar Pradesh held for partnering with the Japanese government.
The Dialogue with States series was launched by FICCI in partnership with the Embassy of Japan in 2018 to highlight the potential of Indian states and the socio economic connect with Japan. Previous Dialogue with States were held in Patna, Shillong and Jaipur. fiinews.com