Top Japan bank official hails Oman’s development

Ahmed bin Abdulnabi Macki, Minister of National Economy
 and Deputy Chairman of the Financial Affairs and Energy
 Resources Council, confers with Japan bank officials. — ONA

TOKYO — Ahmed bin Abdulnabi Macki, Minister of National Economy and Deputy Chairman of the Financial Affairs and Energy Resources Council, met here yesterday with Watanbe, the Chairman of Japan International Bank for Co-operation (JIBC). Discussion during the meeting covered means of enhancing bilateral co-operation. Macki hailed the role of the Japanese bank in financial development projects in the Sultanate, including the Qurayat-Sur road, Sohar Industrial Port, Al Duqm Port and projects undertaken by Oman Shipping Company.

The bank’s co-operation with the Sultanate is a clear evidence about international confidence in the Sultanate and the special place accorded to Oman’s government by global financial institutions. The Chairman of JIBC commended the policy adopted by the Sultanate in implementing developmental programmes. In this respect, he said, “We, at JIBC have had a conviction that the development policy of the Omani economy is progressing with transparency.”

He stressed that JIBC will study any proposal by the Omani government for the implementation of development projects. The meeting was attended by Khalid bin Hashil al Maslahi, the Sultanate’s Ambassador to Japan, and the delegation accompanying Macki during his current visit to Japan. — ONA