2017.18.04 Farewell Meeting with H.E. Mr. Tsukasa Uemura, Director-General of Middle Eastern and African Affairs Bureau of MOFA Japan

Farewell Meeting with H.E. Mr. Tsukasa Uemura, Director-General of Middle Eastern and African Affairs Bureau of MOFA Japan.

April 18, 2017: It was an honor for His Excellency Ambassador Dr. Sayed M. Amin Fatimie to meeting with H.E. Mr. Tsukasa Uemura, Director-General of Middle Eastern and African Affairs Bureau of MOFA Japan, at the Director-General’s Office in Kasumigaseki.

H.E. Ambassador Dr. Fatimie expressed his sincerest thanks to H.E. Mr. Uemura for making time in his schedule to meet. H.E. Dr. Fatimie also thanked him for the long and enduring friendship between Japan and Afghanistan which has been an invaluable help in so many facets. H.E. Dr. Fatimie further expressed his thanks to the people and Government of the noble nation of Japan, and especially MOFA Japan, who have sincerely helped Afghanistan achieve great strides in progress on the road towards stability, peace, and prosperity over the past 15 years. Through Japan’s priceless cooperative efforts, they have helped to invest in Afghanistan’s future by way of Human Capacity Building, assuring an improved quality of life for all Afghans, and by extension, the world.

In return, H.E. Mr. Uemura thanked H.E. Dr. Fatimie for meeting with him, for what he sincerely hoped would not be a last time. He commended H.E. Dr. Fatimie on his many great efforts in bridging the grand relations between their two nations during his mission, and wished him all the success and best wishes on his return to Afghanistan, asking him to please visit Japan again. He further assured H.E. Dr. Fatimie of Japan’s continued support of Afghanistan in its ongoing development, their willingness of the people and Government of Japan to stand with the people and Government of Afghanistan, and their dedication to extend their support to contribute more focusing on the health sector and other humanitarian efforts. H.E. Dr. Fatimie told H.E. Mr. Uemura that as he has traveled all over Japan, from Okinawa to Hokkaido, he has been most impressed with the character of Japan’s citizens and their overwhelmingly kind hospitality. H.E. Mr. Uemura remarked how happy he was that he’d been so well received in Japan and at how well traveled in Japan H.E. Dr. Fatimie has been, and asked him to please remain in close contact with himself and Japan. All those present further discussed topics of mutual interest.

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2017.14.04 Farewell Meeting with Hon. Mr Kenshiro Matsunami & his wife at the NSSU

Farewell Meeting with Hon. Mr Kenshiro Matsunami & his wife at the NSSU.

April 14th, 2017: His Excellency Ambassador Dr. Sayed Mohammad Amin Fatimie had the great honor to attend a meeting requested by Honorable Mr. Kenshiro Matsunami and his wife. Also in attendance was Dr. Bashir Mohabbat, Minister-Councillor for the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in Japan. Hon. Mr. Matsunami is the President of Nippon Sport Science University and a much respected friend of H.E. Ambassador Dr. Fatimie. For a long time, Mr. Matsunami has been a great contributor to Afghanistan’s peace and development, both during his time in the past as a Diet member, as well as currently. Hon. Mr. Matsunami and his wife continue to be active supporters and partners of Afghanistan, notably through the Japan-Afghanistan Association.

During this meeting, Mr. Matsunami had the chance to extend to H.E. Dr. Fatimie his sincerest farewell wishes and presented him with a document of gratitude for his service in bridging the nations of Japan and Afghanistan. H.E. Dr. Fatimie was honored to receive Mr. Matsunami’s kind words and expressed his deep gratitude towards Mr. & Mrs. Matsunami’s hospitality and friendship. The Matsunami’s have been good friends to Afghanistan and so H.E. Dr. Fatimie thanked them also, on behalf of the people and Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan for their benevolent efforts.

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