Foreign Minister Kono Visits Slovenia Coordinating to expand investment at Foreign Ministers' Meeting August 14 20:11
Foreign Minister Kono, who visited Slovenia for the first time as a foreign minister in Japan, met with Foreign Minister Zellar, investing Japanese companies in light of the fact that Slovenia has strengthened the IT industry and has become a new logistics base for the EU = European Union. We agreed to cooperate for the expansion of.
Foreign Minister Kono, visiting Europe, met with Foreign Minister Zellal in Slovenia, the first Japanese Foreign Minister to visit on the evening of the 14th of Japan time.
In this context, the two foreign ministers are working to expand investment by Japanese companies, taking into account that Slovenia has strengthened advanced science and technology fields such as IT industry and AI = artificial intelligence, and has become a new logistics base for EU. And agreed to cooperate.
In addition to the removal of landmines that both countries have taken to support the former Yugoslavia's Bosnia and Herzegovina, which once became a fierce ethnic conflict, the government will also work together on employment measures for the younger generation. Confirmed.
After this, Minister Kono said at a press conference, “Many Japanese companies are paying attention to Slovenia, which has the geographical advantage of logistics in Europe.