*** By Ana Clotilde Correia (text) and Miguel A. Lopes (photos), sent the Lusa Agency ***
Tokyo 27 March (Lusa ) – The Portuguese Economy Minister said today that it is natural that Japanese companies are interested by the ongoing privatization in Portugal, namely the CP Carga and EMEF, approved last week by the Council of Ministers
. “The Government has two ongoing privatization projects, TAP and transport concessions in Lisbon, just approved in the Council of Ministers Thursday the privatization of two companies more closely linked to engineering and transport, EMEF (Company Rail Equipment Maintenance) and CP Carga, and it is natural that companies around the world, including Japan, to be interested by these privatizations, “said António Pires de Lima, told reporters.
specifically asked about TAP, Pires de Lima said that “there was no specific approach to any specific company.”
The economy minister was speaking to journalists after the Head of Government, Peter Passos Coelho has said today during a breakfast of work with Japanese businessmen, that privatization offer “investment opportunities”, including transport.
“The privatization, the development of our transport sector in the area of ports in the area of the railway, are certainly opportunities that we presented to large Japanese groups and showed a particular interest in logistics development, the development of our ports, development of our transport area in Portugal, “said Pires de Lima .
Economy Minister stressed that there are already “investment levels [foreign] relevant in Portugal, in the area of water, energy, solar energy, agribusiness,” namely the export of tomato products.
“I could see that some of these groups are to begin distribution of niche Portuguese products, which are percecionados as much quality, such as olive oil or more Portuguese wines that start coming to Japan “he said.
The economy minister stressed that” this economic diplomacy helps a lot that Portugal is within the radar of the investment “Japanese”.
“Japanese groups have much capital we need in Portugal,” he stressed Pires de Lima, stating that Japanese companies look to Portugal as partners to enter into “emerging markets, such as Angola or of Mozambique “.
The Prime Minister and his entourage today fulfill the second day of a three-day visit to Japan at the invitation of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, on the first occasion that a Japanese executive leader traveled to Portugal.
Accompanying the Prime Minister on the trip the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Rui Machete, the economy minister, António Pires de Lima, Minister of Environment, Spatial Planning and Energy, Jorge Moreira da Silva, and the Secretary of State for Energy, Artur Trinity.
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