Japanese Embassy holds a reception ceremony for JICA experts and Jordanian peers.The Japanese Ambassador to Jordan Tetsuo Shioguchi said Tokyo's ties with the Kingdom are "historically longstanding and strong" in different fields.Shioguchi, during a reception ceremony yesterday evening to honor experts of Japan Int'l Cooperation Agency (JICA JICA Japan International Cooperation Agency JICA Jimmy Carter National Historic Site (US National Park Service) JICA Joint Intelligence Collecting Agency ) , their Jordanian peers and Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOCV JOCV Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers ) , added Tokyo is looking forward to strengthening relations with Jordan. "The relentless work of honorees is a step ahead is in this direction, " he pointed out. Japan will continue to offer the Kingdom with technical and financial aid . Its overall assistance to the country since 1999 reached $340 million, said Tomoyuki Yoshida, the 2nd Economic Counselor , to our correspondent. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a bilateral agreement signed in 1985, over a thousand JOCV arrived here to work with governmental organizations countrywide as experts in education, health, vocational training , water management and disability affairs. /Petra/ AG 2007 Petra News Agency, All Rights Reserved Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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