Mr. ARIMA Yutaka, Assistant Minister/ Director General of the of Southeast and Southwest Asian Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan is on a two-day visit to Dhaka on 27-28 October 2022 to discuss about the strengthening of bilateral relations between the two countries.
 
During the visit, Mr. ARIMA Yutaka called on Foreign Secretary (Senior Secretary) Ambassador Masud Bin Momen in the morning of 27 October 2022. Ambassador of Japan to Bangladesh H.E. Mr. Ito Naoki and Director General (East Asia and Pacific) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mr. Kazi Russel Pervez also joined the call on. At the meeting, both sides expressed satisfaction at the ever-growing bilateral relations between the two friendly countries, and particularly highlighted the visit of Hon’ble Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to Japan in May 2014, when hon’ble Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the then Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe elevated the bilateral relations between the countries to ‘Comprehensive Partnership’ level, and also the visit of the then Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to Bangladesh in September 2014, when the two countries forged deeper economic partnership under BIG-B. The two sides also expected to elevate Bangladesh-Japan bilateral relations to a new height in the coming days.