The Japanese State Minister for Foreign Affairs announced on Thursday that Japan will be opening of an embassy in Seychelles soon.
The statement was made during a press conference after Masahisa Sato paid a courtesy visit to President Danny Faure at State House, Victoria.
“With the direction we are going, this move will strengthen our bilateral relationship and continue to build on our good friendship,” said Sato through his translator.
Ambassador Selby Pillay, from Seychelles’ Department of Foreign Affairs, who was also present, told the press that the Japanese embassy is expected to open in January if everything goes as planned.
The current Japanese ambassador to Seychelles, Toshitsugu Uesawa, is based in Nairobi, Kenya….
Source: Seychelles News Agency
