Signing Ceremony for the Exchange of Notes for General Project Grant Aid for the Republic of Peru (Proyecto de construcción de la Nueva Sede del Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación “Dra.Adriana Rebaza Flores”)

November 10, 2009
Japanese

The Government of Japan has decided to extend general project grant aid (Proyecto de construcción de la Nueva Sede del Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación “Dra.Adriana Rebaza Flores”) totaling 1.925 billion JPY to the Republic of Peru. A signing ceremony for the exchange of notes was held on November 10 (Tue) in Tokyo between H.E. Mr. Shuichiro Megata, Ambassador of Japan to Peru, and H.E. Sr. Juan Carlos Capuñay Chávez, Ambassador of Peru to Japan, with H.E. Mr. Hatoyama Yukio, Prime Minister of Japan, and H.E. Mr. Alan Garcia, President of the Republic of Peru, in attendance after the Japan-Peru summit meeting.
Peru and Japan share a traditionally friendly relationship, and Peru occupies an important political and economic position in Latin America. Japan is providing assistance for the reduction of poverty and continuous economic growth, focused mainly on the fields of the protection of socially disadvantaged people and infrastructure improvement.
The facilities that are currently being used for the Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación were originally built as a general hospital in 1936. Aging facilities and their inefficient layout are causing difficulties in providing appropriate treatment. The construction of the new rehabilitation center is expected to improve the standard of medical treatment at the center. Furthermore, this center will be one of the most advanced rehabilitation centers in the Republic of Peru and is expected to have a ripple effect towards other medical facilities and related institutions.

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