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Japan-Pakistan Ties Hold Steady as China Rises

Japan-Pakistan Ties Hold Steady as China Rises
Kohat Tunnel, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, March 3, 2014 (photo by Flickr user junaidrao licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic license).

Pakistani Finance Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar was in Japan last week for talks with his Japanese counterpart, Taro Aso, on trade and economic cooperation. In an email interview, Ahmad Rashid Malik, a senior research fellow at the Institute of Strategic Studies in Islamabad, discussed Pakistan-Japan relations.

WPR: What are the main areas of cooperation between Japan and Pakistan?

Ahmad Rashid Malik: Economic and security issues have been the main areas of cooperation between Pakistan and Japan over the years, including promoting trade and attracting investment. Pakistan has long sought Japanese loans, technical cooperation and the transfer of commercial technology.

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