Reducing metro rail costs and interest rates on loans taken from Japan will be among the issues discussed during Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's four-day visit to Japan.
Foreign Secretary Asad Alam Siam disclosed this at a press conference organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday afternoon ahead of the prime minister's upcoming visit to Japan.
The foreign secretary said several memorandums of understanding (MoUs) could be signed during the visit on issues including cooperation in agriculture, fisheries, human resource development and skills enhancement, civil aviation, marine environmental conservation and modernisation of local government.
Asked how many MoUs would be signed, Asad Alam Siam said, "We are discussing around eight MoUs. We hope three to four of them will be signed."
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