Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Ito Naoki has emphasised the engagement of his country in realising the prosperity of Bangladesh and maintaining peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific.

He emphasised the importance of realising Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP), a vision to maintain peace, stability and prosperity in the region.

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The ambassador delivered the lecture "Contemporary Japan: Its Foreign Policy, Security and Development Strategy" as a guest speaker of the National Defence Course 2021 at the National Defence College (NDC), Bangladesh Wednesday.

He also described the challenging security environment especially in Asia, and Japan's foreign and defence policy as well as its international development cooperation strategy.

Around 90 course members from 13 countries attended the lecture and discussed various international issues and the relationship between Japan and Bangladesh.