20 Feb 2021 - 10:26
Japan’s Ambassador to Qatar, Kazuo Sunaga
The Peninsula
Doha: Japan’s Ambassador to Qatar, H E Kazuo Sunaga, expressed his gratitude to the government of Qatar for their extraordinary efforts to maintain and develop the bilateral relations, including the large-scale projects, in which Japanese companies are taking part. The most recent example is the North Field East Project, which Qatar Petroleum decided to award to Chiyoda Corporation.
The Ambassador made this statement on the eve of the birthday celebrations of His Majesty the Emperor, who will turn 61 on February 23.
Since the first infection of the new coronavirus was confirmed here on March 8 last year, the Qatari government has taken decisive steps to curb the spread of the infection. Under these difficult circumstances, Qatar Airways continued to fly to Narita Airport and made a great contribution to the return of Japanese nationals to Japan, not only from Qatar, but also from all over the w