Shinichi Hamada, Director of Promotion and Public-Private Partnership at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan visited ONSSA on October 16, 2017, as part of a working visit to Morocco. Mr. Hamada raised during this meeting issues relating to the export of Japanese products to Morocco (risk assessment and regulations); ONSSA representatives, for their part, raised the issue of exporting Moroccan citrus fruits to Japan. In addition, ONSSA informed the Japanese delegation of its wish to strengthen tripartite cooperation with Japan in order to implement its cooperation program with the countries of sub-Saharan Africa.