“On behalf of the Nepali Congress party and on my own behalf, I have great pleasure to extend to your excellency our warmest congratulations on your assumption of the high office of the prime minister of Japan,” reads a press statement issued by NC president Girija Prasad Koirala on Tuesday.
“I want to express my appreciation to you for your several bold and innovative policy articulations with national, regional and international importance for Japan, including that of the active and constructive engagement in the South Asian region,” the statement adds.
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