JICA keen on funding railway, road decongestion projects

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is looking to provide funding support for railways and road decongestion projects in the country.

- LOUELLA DESIDERIO

“We are very keen and enthusiastic not to maintain but to expand our cooperation with the Philippines as the most reliable or closest partner,” JICA Philippines chief representative Takema Sakamoto told reporters in a chance interview.

While JICA has already signed loan agreements for railway projects in the country, he said the agency is keen to provide further funding support in this space.

“Because of the size, the big size of the project, they may need further financial intervention from my side. In such a case, of course, we are very happy to consider further cooperation,” he said.