31/07/2001 (Agence Europe) - President Prodi congratulated the Japanese Prime Minister, Mr Koizumi, (who he met during the G8 Summit) for the success of his party in the elections for the Japanese Senate, on Sunday. Thus you may achieve the economic reforms, so important for the world economy, said Mr Prodi in a message, in which he welcomes that the EU and Japan have worked together in the Bonn Conference on the Kyoto Protocol, and hopes that they will continue to do so to achieve the success of the WTO ministerial meeting in Doha. I also hope that we will agree on a date for the next EU/Japan summit and for the formal adoption of our joint action plan, said Mr Prodi.