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Prime
Minister
Kostov
receives
Japanese
Foreign
Ministry
official
Macedonian
Information
Agency
(Sep
17,
2004) (MIA)
- Macedonian
Prime
Minister
Hari
Kostov
received
Friday
the
Parliamentary
Secretary
at
the
Japanese
Foreign
Ministry,
Shogo
Arai.
After
the
meeting
with
the
Macedonian
PM,
Arai
stated
that
good
relations
between
the
two
countries
should
continue.
Assessing
his
visit
to
Macedonia
as
very
successful,
Arai
stressed
Japanese
readiness
to
continue
in
its
support
to
Macedonia's
development.
He
expressed
his
hope
that
there
would
be
more
Japanese
tourists
in
Macedonia
in
the
future,
as
well
as
more
investments.
"Unfortunately,
Macedonia
is
not
that
familiar
in
Japan,
because
there
is
no
sufficient
information
on
Macedonian
tourism",
Arai
said,
adding
that
Japanese
tourists
go
to
Italy,
Hungary
and
Switzerland.
According
to
him,
the
number
of
tourists
would
increase
with
the
stabilization
of
the
political-security
situation
in
Macedonia.
"Macedonia
should
employ
efforts
in
creating
a favourable
climate
for
attraction
of
larger
number
of
investors",
Parliamentary
Secretary
at
the
Japanese
Foreign
Ministry,
Shogo
Arai
said.
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