Oman Daily Observer

JAPAN, CHINA AGREE TO IMPROVE RELATIONS

- KABEER YOUSUF MUSCAT, APRIL 15

TOKYO: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Japanese counterpar­t Taro Kono agreed in Tokyo on Sunday to improve bilateral relations amid a looming trade war between China and the United States.

The two unveiled a plan of mutual visits by Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, which have not taken place since both leaders took office in 2012 amid strained ties over differing views of wartime history and a territoria­l spat.

With this year marking the 40th anniversar­y of the signing of a bilateral peace and friendship treaty, Kono told reporters he and Wang agreed to work for the improvemen­t of the ties across the board.

Wang, who arrived in Tokyo on Sunday for a three-day tour, is the first Chinese foreign minister to visit Japan in more than eight years.

In May, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is also scheduled to travel to Japan for a trilateral summit meeting with Abe An Omani inventor’s device that produces clean energy from water molecules has secured patent from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MOCI). The device, which can transform water molecules into gas flames, can be used for domestic purposes, oil and gas, and industrial applicatio­ns such as heating, cutting materials, as well as in power plants and motors.

The invention, which is and South Korean President Moon Jae-in.

On North Korea, Kono said he and Wang also confirmed that the two countries “will work in close coordinati­on, while fully implementi­ng the relevant UN Security Council resolution­s, to make the complete, irreversib­le and verifiable abandonmen­t of North Korea’s nuclear and missile programmes a reality.” in pilot stage now, can be introduced across the country with investment from corporates and private individual­s.

“It (the invention) is an effort to produce clean energy which is safe for the environmen­t, for industrial as well as domestic needs at low cost,” Dhuhi Jamal Hilal al Barwani, inventor and also an aircraft engineer, told the Observer.

Al Barwani said it part of the ministry’s efforts to create a competitiv­e business environmen­t sector.

“It is an act of encouragem­ent for researcher­s and workers in scientific and research institutio­ns to submit their innovative ideas and projects and facilitate transfer of technology from scientific and research institutio­ns to the industrial sector,” he said.

“The objective behind registrati­on of the invention is to protect it from theft,” he said. for the private

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A dedicated platform for Oman’s youth to showcase their talents and cultural activities has been unveiled by Al Mouj Muscat. Built across 5,000 square metres, the first public square in Muscat — Marsa Plaza — was opened at a glittering function on...

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