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Japan-Mali Relations

December 2009

Basic Data

Diplomatic Relations:

4 October, 1960 (Date of recognition of the State)

Number of Residents:

Number of Japanese nationals residing in the Republic of Mali: 21 (as of Oct. 2007)

Trade with Japan (2006):

Exports: 40.2 million yen (textile, etc.)

Imports: 610 million yen (automobiles, tires, etc.)

Direct Investment from Japan:

None

Japan's Economic Cooperation:

List of Exchange of Notes

Loans: 9.492 billion yen

Grants: 30.15 billion yen

Technical cooperation: 4.46 billion yen

VIP Visits

From Japan to the Republic of Mali (from 2004):

Date	Name
Jan. 2004	Members of the House of Representatives, MUTO, NISHIKAWA
May. 2004	Ambassador in charge of Conflict and Refugee-related Issues in Africa, SATO
Aug. 2004	Members of the House of Representatives, MURATA, KITAMURA
Jun. 2006	Member of the House of Representatives, YAMAGIWA
Jun. 2007	Member of the House of Representatives, NISHIKAWA

From the Republic of Mali to Japan (from 2004):

Date	Name
Mar. 2004	Minister of Plan, DIWARRA
Nov. 2004	Minister of Agriculture, TOURE
Agu. 2005	Minister of Industry, MAIGA
Jan. 2007	Minister of Transport, KOITA

Cultural Grant (cumulative total fiscal 1975-2004)

42.1 million yen (Cultural Grant Aid)

• Dispatch of Self-Defense Force Instructors to the Ecole de Maintien de la Paix in the Republic of Mali (August 2009)
• 4th Ministerial Conference of the Community of Democracies (November 2007)
  • Statement by Dr. Tatsuo Arima, the Representative of the Government of Japan (November 16, 2007)
• Dispatch of Special Envoy of the Prime Minister of Japan to Inauguration Ceremony of the President of the Republic of Mali (June 2007)
• Assistance through the Trust Fund for Human Security for tackling Obstetric Fistula (November 2004)
• Assistance to FAO's Desert Locust Control Projects in Chad, Mali and Mauritania (September 2004)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the Presidential Election in the Republic of Mali (May 2002)

Press Secretary's Press Conference on Mali

• Embassy of Japan in Mali