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Japan-Central Asia Economic Forum in the framework of "Central Asia plus Japan" Dialogue

July 21, 2011
Japanese

  1. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will hold the Japan-Central Asia Economic Forum in the framework of the "Central Asia plus Japan" Dialogue on Tuesday, July 26.

  2. Unlike bilateral economic forums which have taken place between each Central Asian country and Japan, this Forum, as an Economic Forum which invites participants across the Central Asia region, intends to promote economic exchanges with the whole region, by making use of the framework of the "Central Asia plus Japan" Dialogue.

  3. This Forum is to be held under the theme of "For the promotion of Japan-Central Asia Economic Exchanges", and will be attended by government officials, business people and experts from Japan and five Central Asian countries (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan). A frank and significant exchange of views on the theme is expected to take place.

[Reference 1] The "Central Asia plus Japan" Dialogue
(1)   The "Central Asia plus Japan" Dialogue was established as a framework to promote Japan's multilateral dialogues and cooperation with Central Asia when Ms. Yoriko Kawaguchi, then Minister for Foreign Affairs, visited Central Asia in August 2004, and its First Foreign Ministers' Meeting was held in Astana, Kazakhstan. The Third Foreign Ministers' Meeting was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, in August 2010.

(2)   The five pillars of the "Central Asia plus Japan" Dialogue Action Plan are as follows;
(A) Political Dialogue, (B) Intra-regional Cooperation, (C) Business Promotion, (D) Intellectual Dialogue, (E) Cultural and Human Exchange.

[Reference 2] The "Central Asia plus Japan" Dialogue Third Foreign Ministers' Meeting
  In August 2010, at the Third Foreign Ministers' meeting held in Tashkent in the framework of the "Central Asia plus Japan" Dialogue, Mr. Katsuya Okada, then Minister for Foreign Affairs announced Japan's intention to hold the "Japan-Central Asia Economic Forum" in Tokyo, as a part of Japan's cooperation for economic development and prosperity in Central Asia (an effort for expanding business opportunities) with the participation by government officials from the five Central Asian countries as well as Japanese business people and experts.

    • (*This is a provisional translation. The above date denotes the date of the issue of the original press release in Japanese.)
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