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Africa-Press – Seychelles. <\/strong><\/span>Seychelles\u2019 President Wavel Ramkalawan is currently attending the 8th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD8) in Tunisia, taking place from August 27-28, where Japan has pledged a sum of $30 billion dollars over the next three years for African development.
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\nOn his second day in Tunis, President Ramkalawan met with the Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa, who is also the special envoy of Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio. Fumio is attending the conference virtually.<\/p>\n

According to a statement from State House, Ramkalawan \u201ccongratulated Japan on successfully co-hosting TICAD 8. He once again extended condolences to the Government and people of Japan following the assassination of former Prime Minister Abe.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Yoshimasa \u201ccongratulated President Ramkalawan on a successful democratic transitional process in October 2020\u201d, said the statement.<\/p>\n

The meeting centred on ways that Seychelles and Japan can increase collaboration in various sectors such as climate change, the Blue Economy, support for a multidimensional vulnerability index for Small Island Developing States (SIDs) and the possibility for Japanese investments in sectors such as fish processing and waste water treatment plants.<\/p>\n

\u201cRamkalawan expressed his appreciation for all the support given to Seychelles by Japan in areas such as such as maritime security, capacity building, health, fisheries, disaster risk management and for funding through grant assistance, at a cost of 10 million yen (SCR 1.3 Million) the renovation of the ex-maritime school into a school for the deaf which was completed in 2021,\u201d said State House.<\/p>\n

Yoshimasa furthermore \u201cexpressed his gratitude for support given by Seychelles to Japan\u2019s numerous candidatures in international organisations.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Seychelles. Seychelles\u2019 President Wavel Ramkalawan is currently attending the 8th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD8) in Tunisia, taking place from August 27-28, where Japan has pledged a sum of $30 billion dollars over the next three years for African development. 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