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Peruvian foreign, trade ministers to visit Japan Feb. 23-27+
TOKYO, Feb. 16 Kyodo - Peruvian Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde and Foreign Trade and Tourism Minister Mercedes Araoz will visit Japan from Feb. 23 for five days to discuss bilateral trade and other global issues, the Japanese Foreign Ministry
said Monday.
The ministers are expected to agree with their Japanese counterparts to launch
preliminary talks on a bilateral free trade agreement, negotiation sources said
earlier. They are scheduled to meet Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone
and other Japanese officials.
Japan is hoping Peru will scrap or sharply reduce its duties on automobiles,
while Peru wants to expand its access to Japan's farm and fishery markets. But
as farm and fishery imports are sensitive for some political and business
circles in Japan, the talks will start at a ''preliminary'' level, according to
the sources.
This year marks the 110th anniversary of the emigration of a first group of 790
Japanese to Peru.
==Kyodo
2009-02-16 22:37:50
said Monday.
The ministers are expected to agree with their Japanese counterparts to launch
preliminary talks on a bilateral free trade agreement, negotiation sources said
earlier. They are scheduled to meet Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone
and other Japanese officials.
Japan is hoping Peru will scrap or sharply reduce its duties on automobiles,
while Peru wants to expand its access to Japan's farm and fishery markets. But
as farm and fishery imports are sensitive for some political and business
circles in Japan, the talks will start at a ''preliminary'' level, according to
the sources.
This year marks the 110th anniversary of the emigration of a first group of 790
Japanese to Peru.
==Kyodo
2009-02-16 22:37:50
