Japan keen to invest in Pakistan’s energy projects
ISLAMABAD: Japan has said that it desires to invest in the energy projects of Pakistan, but it would not provide funds for the construction of Pak-Iran-India Gas Pipeline project.
In a briefing to the newsmen here, Japanese Ambassador, Seiji Kojima said that his country was aware of Pakistan’s energy requirements. He said that Japan could provide help to Pakistan in all sorts of energy sources except the nuclear energy. Japan has given $430 million loan to Pakistan during the last two years and it wanted to extend the development help to $500 million.
Japanese Ambassador told that the Japan-Pakistan talks on anti-terrorism measures would be held some time in April in Islamabad. The agreement to end double taxation between the two countries was also expected, for which, Pakistan finance ministry officials would be visiting Japan next week.