Senior Executive
Director of JBIC calls on Foreign Minister
[July
21, 2005 - 09.00 GMT]
Mr. Akihiko Furuya,
Senior Executive Director of the Japanese Bank for International
Cooperation (JBIC), who is on an official visit to
Sri Lanka
to observe reconstruction work in the tsunami affected areas, called on
Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar on Monday 18th July. Mr.
Furuya was accompanied by Mr. K. Hashimoto, Director General,
Development Assistance Department II of JBIC.
JBIC has signed
two loan agreements with the Government of Sri Lanka for Tsunami
Affected Area Recovery and a Vavuniya – Kilinochchi Transmission Line
Project for 11 billion Yen last month. Mr. Furuya said that this loan
could be used exclusively for relief and rehabilitation work carried out
by the Government of Sri Lanka. He expressed the hope that the Vavuniya
– Kilinochchi Transmission Line Project would help promote the peace
process. Mr. Furuya further assured the continued commitment of JBIC for
Sri Lanka’s efforts on rehabilitation
and reconstruction work in the tsunami affected areas.
Minister
Kadirgamar thanked JBIC and the Japanese government for the assistance
provided for tsunami reconstruction and rehabilitation work, and
expressed appreciation that senior officials were sent to observe the
progress on Japanese funded projects.
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