Ambassador of Japan to India Ono Keiichi has reaffirmed the Japanese Government’s commitment to deepen its ongoing partnership with Assam under India’s Act East Policy.
The Japanese envoy had on Thursday called Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma to reaffirm the commitment.
“Delighted to have received a phone call from H.E ONO Keiichi, the Ambassador of Japan to India last evening. He reaffirmed the Japanese Government’s commitment to deepen its ongoing partnership with Assam under India’s Act East Policy,” chief minister Sarma informed on social media on Friday.
“We agreed to further strengthen our collaboration across key sectors including electronics, semiconductor, infrastructure, manufacturing and entrepreneurship. In the coming days, Assam looks forward to engage with Japanese enterprises and institutions to enhance both investments and economic opportunities for our people,” Sarma said.
The development augurs well for Assam and the Northeast as the region looks forward to Japanese investments in the coming months.
The cancellation of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s proposed visit to the state owing to unavoidable reasons was a setback for the region as a whole.
Terming the development as disappointing, the chief minister had earlier said officials from the Japanese Embassy had been stationed in Guwahati for the past one month leading up to the proposed visit of the Prime Minister and monitoring every aspect of the preparations, including hotel arrangements, food and other logistical details.
