Deputy Chief of Mission Mr. Ali Javed called on the Vice President of National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) Mr. Kyotaka Yokomichi earlier today.
The occasion provided an opportunity to both sides to review the cooperation between GRIPS and Pakistan and discuss means to furthering the existing institutional linkages in tangible terms.
Mr. Yokomichi, while praising the quality of Pakistani students, observed that GRIPS was extending higher education opportunities to Pakistani students and government officials and expressed his institution’s disposition to contribute to furthering bilateral relations.
Mr. Javed appreciated the traditionally friendly bilateral relations embedded in historical and cultural linkages and observed that the continuous presence of Pakistani students in GRIPS serve to broaden the scope of people to people contacts.
The meeting that lasted half hour was assisted by Mr. Qaiser, Third Secretary, Embassy of Pakistan and Ms. Sekine, Director International Liaison Office, GRIPS.
In December 2013 and January 2014, the Embassy had hosted ceremonies to sign MoUs between Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) and Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) as well as Pakistan Institute for Development Economics (PIDE) and GRIPS respectively to initiate formal linkages between the leading think-tanks from both sides.
Embassy of Pakistan – Tokyo
November 6, 2015.