Top �� What's up around the Prime Minister �� December, 2002

Prime Minister Meets with the Prime Minister of Malaysia Thursday December 12, 2002 Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi met with Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad of Malaysia at the Prime Minister's Official Residence. During the meeting, Prime Minister Koizumi stated that he intended to ensure sufficient coordination and advance consultations toward concluding a free trade agreement between the two nations. In addition, the Prime Minister expressed Japan's intention to extend a Special Yen Loan for a water use project near Kuala Lumpur. Furthermore, the leaders exchanged views on the situation in the Iraq in the Middle East and on measures to combat terrorism. There was also an exchange of views on the Japanese Technical University Concept, under which universities are to be invited from Japan to Malaysia, as well as on the participation by Malaysia in the 2005 World Exposition, Aichi, Japan.