Sewaktu kunjungan ke Timur Tengah, sekitar seratus pengusaha Jepang turut mendampingi kunjungan PM tersebut, hasilnya sejumlah kerjasama dan investasi berhasil mengalir ke negara-negra di kawaan teluk itu.
The minister said the EPA would give much benefit to the country, adding it would also put the country on an equal footing with other members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations ASEAN that had already signed similar agreements with Japan.