JAPAN and the WORLD Magazine JANUARY ISSUE 2016 #Issue 14 | Page 94

MACEDONIA
VISITS
Mr. Nikola Poposki
Macedonian Minister of Foreign Affairs.
INTERVIEW
RAISING PROFILE OF
MACEDONIA BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
マケドニア、ビジネス環境のイメージアップ
MR. NIKOLA POPOSKI
MACEDONIAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
On October 29, 2015, Aga Charytoniuk sat
down with the Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Mr. Nikola Poposki to discuss the outcome
from his current visit to Japan.
2015年10月29日には、
Aga Charytoniukはマ
ケドニアのニコラ・ポポスキー外相にインタ
ビューし、
今回の訪日の成果について伺った。
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Macedonian Embassy was
established 1 year ago in Japan,
and this year Macedonia and
Japan celebrate 21st anniversary
of establishment of the diplomatic
relations. The Embassy has been
putting a lot of efforts to promote
Macedonia to Japan in a field of
trade, investment and tourism. What
would you like to see within the next
21 years to be achieved?
As you rightly mentioned the focus will be
business. We have already quite dramatically
improved the business environment in
Macedonia through the reforms. We are ranked
12th best place in the world and 6th in Europe
according to the 2016 World Bank Doing Business
survey. And this is something we need to present
to Japanese businessmen and investors. We have
put a lot of efforts in order to raise a profile of
Macedonia to make the business world aware of
the possibilities that we are offering.
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