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The First Meeting of the Free Trade Agreement Talks (FTA) with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)

September 15, 2006

  1. The first meeting of the Free Trade Agreement talks between Japan and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), composed by six countries, the Kingdom of Bahrain, the State of Kuwait, the Sultanate of Oman, the State of Qatar, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, will be held in Tokyo on September 21 (Thu) and 22 (Fri).
  2. Mr. Mitoji Yabunaka, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Shinsuke Sugiyama, Deputy Director-General, Middle Eastern and African Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and other Deputy-Minister-class officials from ministries concerned, who will co-chair the talks, will participate in the talks from the Japanese side. On the GCC side, a delegation headed by Dr. Hamad Bin Sulayman al-Bazai, General Coordinator of the Negotiation, Head of the Delegation and concurrently Deputy Minister of Finance for Economic Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will attend.
  3. At the first meeting, there will be a wide-ranging exchange of views and consultations on trade in goods and services, aiming at reaching an early agreement on the negotiations.
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