Japan opens embassy in Maldives

Japan – a country which has been assisting Maldives in various fields over a long period of time, has opened an embassy in Male’, Maldives.

Though the Japanese embassy has been in use since start of 2016, the embassy was officially opened on Monday.

It is situated in 8th floor of H. Aage.

Japanese embassy was officially opened in a ceremony participated by Japanese Parliamentary Vice-Minister Masakazu Hamachi, Japanese ambassador for Sri Lanka and Maldives Kenichi Suganuma and Maldivian Foreign Secretary Dr. Ali Naseer.

Japanese government has said that opening an embassy in Maldives would strengthen ties between the two countries.

Diplomatic ties between Japan and Maldives was built on 1967.

Japanese government has said that opening the embassy would make the celebration of 50 years of diplomatic ties between the two countries in 2017 all the more colorful.