Egyptian - Japanese political consultations

Mohammed El-Orabi, Egypt's deputy assistant foreign minister for the affairs of the minister's bureau, is leaving Cairo today for Tokyo to head Egypt's delegation to a round of Egyptian - Japanese political consultations which will commence in the Japanese capital on Wednesday.

The Japanese side will be headed by Ryozo Kato, the Japanese deputy foreign minister.

Minister plenipotentiary Amr Helmy, the manager of Japan's administration in the Foreign Ministry, stated that this round of consultations acquires great importance as it is focusing on following the results of the successful visit paid by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to Japan during April.

He added that following up on implementing the consequences of the meetings of the Egyptian - Japanese businessmen's council, which was held in Cairo in November concerning increasing the volume of Japanese investments in Egypt and developing economic and commercial cooperation between the two countries will take place during the consultations.