-- The 8th round of dialogue among civilizations (Japan and the Islamic world) will be held in the Japanese capital Tokyo on the 23rd and 24th of February, Naseej website reports.
The website quoted Shigeru Endo, Japan’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia, as saying that 40 scholars and thinkers from the Islamic world and Japan would participate at the meeting.
“They will discuss ways for expansion of future cooperations between Japan and the Islamic world,” he said.
He added that the focus of the meeting would be on common social and economic models whose purpose is bringing about happiness for human beings.
Shigeru Endo also said that a joint economic week would be held in Riyadh next week during which commercial and financial agreements would be signed between Japan and Saudi Arabia.
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