Bahrain’s Minister of Sustainable Development, Noor bint Ali Al-Khulaif met a number of Japanese Officials and representatives of Japanese enterprises as part of the Minister’s participation in the high-level Bahraini Business delegation headed by the Minister of Industry and Commerce, Abdulla bin Adel Fakhro.

Minister AlKhulaif affirmed the Kingdom’s commitment to strengthen relations between the Kingdom of Bahrain and Japan to further support achieving the goals of sustainable development.

The Minister met the Japanese State Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Yana Kazuo, in the presence of the Kingdom’s ambassador to Japan, Ahmed Mohammed Al-Dosari. The importance of continuing to strengthen the education system to support the achievement of sustainable goals was discussed by both parties.

Vital mechanisms on the implementation of sustainable development goals and the importance of stakeholder participation were also discussed in a meeting between the Minister of Sustainable Development and the Deputy Director-General of the Regional Revitalization Promotion Office, Kyoko Nishi.

The official visit of the Minister of Sustainable Development was concluded in a meeting with senior officials from the Agency for Small and Medium Enterprises in Japan.