Libya’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, represented by the Director of the Department of Asia and Australia in the Ministry, reported that it had discussed last Wednesday with the Japanese Chargé affairs to Libya, Masaki Amadera, the return of Japanese companies and the resumption of their work in Libya.
This came during a meeting that included the Libyan Chargé affairs in Japan, and several directors of departments at the National Oil Corporation, and on the Japanese side, several institutions representing Energy Economics IEEJ, the JIME Centre, 5 Japanese government institutions and 16 companies in the field of oil and support services, in the presence of 41 participants.
The meeting focused on the return of Japanese companies working in the field of oil and gas, through research and exploration operations, the business and investment climate in oil and gas, inviting Japanese companies interested in development and modernisation planning, as well as training Libyan cadres working in the oil and gas sector.
National reconciliation efforts
During his visit to Tripoli, Charge affairs of Japan and Special Coordinator for Libya Amadera, who is still based in Tunis, also had fruitful discussions on Thursday with Musa al-Koni, Deputy President of the Presidential Council.
The Japanese embassy reported that al-Koni expressed his wish to further enhance bilateral relations between Libya and Japan in different fields.
Meanwhile, Amadera paid tribute to the efforts for the national reconciliation made by the Presidential Council and explained recent development of bilateral cooperation between the friendly countries, such as resuming scholarship for Libyan youth this year, a series of Business Online Meetings and different types of capacity-building programmes.
Support for elections
On Wednesday, the Japanese embassy reported that Amadera had a meeting with SRSG Abdoulaye Bathily on recent political developments in Libya. Amadera expressed Japan’s support for UNSMIL’s efforts to enable elections this year and for the UN’s humanitarian action in Libya.
Japanese government scholarship for Libyans reopens after 8-year closure
During a meeting Tuesday with Mohamed Alkandi, Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Libyan Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and Director of the Office of International Cooperation of the Ministry, Amadera explained the process of the Japanese government scholarship programme which was resumed after an 8-year closure. Both sides discussed ways to advance both countries’ cooperation in the area of higher education and academic study.
Youth and training
On Wednesday, Amadera attended the Tripoli graduation ceremony for the on-the-Job training course for Libyan Youth provided by Toyota Libya with the UNDP and funded by EU.
Amadera congratulated the graduates and paid tribute for Toyota Libya’s activities for contributing to the capacity building of the Libyan Youth.
Japanese university Alumni
On Tuesday, the Japanese embassy reported that Amadera had enriching discussions (in Japanese) with Libyan Alumni who studied in various fields at Japanese universities. The discussions ranged from their good memories in Japan to future possibilities to further advance academic, social and cultural relations between Libya and Japan through Libyan Japanese peoples’ cooperation.
