MINSK, 2 July (BelTA) – The Honorary Consul of Belarus was appointed in the Japanese Chugoku region, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The ceremony of taking the office of the Honorary Consul of Belarus in the Chugoku region and awarding the consular patent to Japanese citizen Hideshi Kunihiro was held in the city of Okayama on 1 July. The consular patent was presented by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Japan Sergei Rakhmanov.
"The appointment of the Honorary Consul of Belarus in the Chugoku region is believed to help intensify the economic and technological cooperation between the two countries," the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stressed.