Daily FT - 19/02/2015
Japan has given the green light for the first-ever prospective trade agreement coveted by Sri Lanka, inspired by the new resurgence under the leadership of President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. “We’d like to particularly stress the Memorandum of Cooperation on the Vitalisation of Intergovernmental Economic Policy Dialogue (MoU-VIGEPD). In my discussions with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on this, he agreed to proceed with VIGEPD. I am calling Tokyo to verify when we can start the VIGEPD dialogue with Sri Lanka,” Japan’s Ambassador Nobuhito Hobo has told Industry and Commerce Minister Rishad Baithudeen .
Japan has given the green light for the first-ever prospective trade agreement coveted by Sri Lanka, inspired by the new resurgence under the leadership of President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. “We’d like to particularly stress the Memorandum of Cooperation on the Vitalisation of Intergovernmental Economic Policy Dialogue (MoU-VIGEPD). In my discussions with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on this, he agreed to proceed with VIGEPD. I am calling Tokyo to verify when we can start the VIGEPD dialogue with Sri Lanka,” Japan’s Ambassador Nobuhito Hobo has told Industry and Commerce Minister Rishad Baithudeen .
