Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday sent an official letter to President Ram Chandra Paudel, congratulating his inauguration as President of Nepal.

The Japanese Embassy in Kathmandu in a statement said the Japanese government is looking forward to further working with the Nepali government to promote bilateral relations and friendship between the two countries and cooperate in the social and economic development of Nepal under Paudel’s leadership.

Paudel assumed his office as the third President of the country on Monday.