Nepal and Kiribati, an island nation in Oceania, established diplomatic relations on Thursday, taking the number of countries with which Nepal has bilateral ties to 183.

Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Nepal to the United Nations Lok Bahadur Thapa and Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Kiribati to the United Nations Teburoro Tito signed a joint communique at the Permanent Mission of Nepal in New York.

The two ambassadors exchanged views on different areas where the two nations could work together for their mutual benefit, said Permanent Mission of Nepal to the United Nations.

Earlier in March this year, Nepal and Tonga established diplomatic relations that had taken the number of countries with which Nepal had bilateral ties to 182.