JAPAN
THE STORY OF A LONGSTANDING FRIENDSHIP
H.E. TAKAHIKO KATSUMATA, Ambassador of Japan to Serbia With the exchanging of letters between King Milan Obrenović and Emperor Meiji in 1882, official relations between Serbia and Japan were established – Takahiko Katsumata 10
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here are no outstanding issues hampering relations between Japan and Serbia, says ambassador Takahiko Katsumata, speaking at the start of a year that marks the 140th anniversary of friendly relations between the two countries. And today our two countries continue to cooperate in responding to new regional and global challenges, “such as sustainable development, security and peacebuilding, climate change, pandemics, disaster mana-
gement,” says Ambassador Katsumata in this interview for CorD Magazine. Your Excellency, this year marks the 140th anniversary of the establishing of friendly relations between Japan and Serbia. How will you be commemorating this jubilee? The two countries have a long history of friendly relations. With the exchanging of letters between King Milan Obrenović
