Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Qatari Emir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani reaffirmed Tuesday at a meeting in Doha that they will cooperate in securing stable energy supplies for Japan, Japanese officials said.
Abe was in Doha on the final leg of his tour of four Persian Gulf countries aimed at securing stable energy supplies.
The three other countries Abe has visited are Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait, and he was next scheduled to fly to Egypt to wrap up his five-nation tour in the Middle East.
According to the officials, Abe and Hamad agreed to deepen their nations' ties through cooperation in a wide range of areas, including education, economics and culture.