The 4th Japan-Nepal Political Dialogue between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs was held in Tokyo on Tuesday.

A press statement issued by the Embassy of Japan stated that representatives from both countries discussed a wide range of international and regional issues during the meet.

“In the meeting, both sides confirmed to further deepen the friendly bilateral relationship, which had been reinforced during the year 2022, which marked the 120th anniversary since the first eight Nepali students were dispatched to Japan for their studies, in various areas, such as political relations, economic relations, economic cooperation and people-to-people exchanges,” reads the statement.

According to the statement, Arima Yutaka, Director-General of the Southeast and Southwest Asian Affairs Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, and Lok Bahadur Thapa, Joint Secretary, Head of the North East Asia Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nepal, led their respective delegations to the meeting.

As per the statement, Thapa also paid a courtesy call to Takei Shunsuke, the State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan.

During the meeting, they exchanged their views on issues regarding Japan-Nepal relations.