Minister Lukarski is the new Honorary President of the Bulgarian-Japanese Economic Council with BCCI

At a meeting of the Bulgarian-Japanese Economic Council (BJEC) with BCCI, in accordance with the existing tradition, the Bulgarian Minister of Economy Bozhidar Lukarski was officially elected as Honorary President of BJEC.

The President of BCCI Tsvetan Simeonov welcomed the participants and said that cooperation with partners from Japan is of utmost importance for the Chamber. He thanked the Embassy of Japan and the Ministry of Economy for the fruitful collaboration over the years.

According to Minister Lukarski, Japan is a strategic partner of Bulgaria in East Asia and in the relations with Japan there must always be high-level cooperation. He expressed readiness on behalf of the Ministry of Economy to provide the necessary assistance for development of the bilateral trade and economic relations between Bulgaria and the Asian country.

H.E. Takashi Koizumi, Ambassador of Japan in Sofia greeted Minister Lukarski on the new position and expressed hope that it would contribute to strengthening the cooperation with Japan and to organizing useful initiatives. One of them is the upcoming visit of the Minister of Economy to Japan in the period 9-13 May 2016.