April 30, 2021

Meeting with the Representative of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Asia Office

Meeting with the Representative of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Asia Office

Dr. Ritter Diaz, Representative Director of the Japan Association for Promotion of Latin America and the Caribbean (JAPOLAC), together with Mrs. Martha Zelayandia, former Ambassador of El Salvador to Japan and Honorary Member of the Association held a video conference with Mr. Keisuke Nakamura, Representative for Asia of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Asia Office, to explain the objectives and activities of the Association.

Dr. Diaz expressed the interest of JAPOLAC to explore ways to cooperate with IDB in the promotion of business between small and medium size companies from Japan and Latin America and the Caribbean, and for that purpose, explained that JAPOLAC will soon be launching the Business Network Platform (BNP) to connect companies at both end of the Pacific.

Mr. Nakamura welcomed the establishment of the Association and expressed his best wishes for the successful development of JAPOLAC. He also recommended JAPOLAC to exchange opinions with the business platform of IDB to intensify the expansion of business between Japanese and LAC companies.