http://www.english.hadhramaut.info Yemeni-Japanese parliamentary cooperation discussed [The Source: sana'a/ hadhramaut.info/sabanews.net - 01/06/2010] Yemen and Japan discussed on Tuesday subjects of promoting their mutual cooperation relations in different fields, including the parliamentary one.

The discussions were held in a meeting of Speaker of the Parliament Yahya al-Rae'i and Japanese ambassador to Yemen Mitsunori Namba who talked about several issues dealing with the two countries' common interests.They also reviewed cooperation fields in exchanging legislative experiences in order to improve the legislative performance.The importance of exchanging visits between Yemeni and Japanese officials to achieve the aimed trends for serving the two countries' joint interests was also dealt with in the meeting.Al-Rae'i welcomed Japanese investments in Yemen. He also hailed the existed relations between Yemen and Japan, calling for raising the level of economic cooperation between both countries.In return, the Japanese diplomat referred to the development level witnessed in Yemen in various fields, affirming the significance of improving the Yemeni-Japanese cooperation relations to include further developmental sectors.