Visiting Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono paid a courtesy call on President Bidya Devi Bhandari at the Office of the President in Shital Niwas, Kathmandu this morning.

During the meeting, issues of Nepal-Japan relations and different aspects of mutual interests and concerns were discussed.

According to The Himalayan Times, present in the meeting were high-level officials from the Office of the President and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Japan’s Ambassador to Nepal Masamichi Saigo among others.