{"id":5710,"date":"2023-04-01T14:05:55","date_gmt":"2023-04-01T09:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=5710"},"modified":"2023-04-01T14:05:55","modified_gmt":"2023-04-01T09:05:55","slug":"maldives-and-japan-to-hold-4th-round-of-policy-dialogue-in-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=5710","title":{"rendered":"Maldives and Japan to hold 4th round of Policy Dialogue in April"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Maldives and Japanese governments are set to hold their fourth round of Japan-Maldives Policy Dialogue on 4th April 2023, in Tokyo, Japan.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed Khaleel will lead the Maldives delegation, and the Japanese delegation will be led by Arima Yutaka, the Director General of the Southeast and Southwest Asian Department at the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>The countries will discuss ways to further strengthen the existing bilateral ties, including development and economic cooperation, cultural exchanges, and regional cooperation. Both countries will further discuss issues of mutual concern and interests in the regional and international spheres.<\/p>\n<p>The first Policy Dialogue was held in 2018, and has become an important mechanism for the countries to strengthen their bilateral relationship. Previous Policy Dialogue sessions had impressed upon several topics including trade and investment, tourism, climate change, maritime security, and people-to-people exchanges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Maldives and Japanese governments are set to hold their fourth round of Japan-Maldives Policy Dialogue on 4th April 2023, in Tokyo, Japan. The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed Khaleel will lead the Maldives delegation, and the Japanese delegation will be led by Arima Yutaka, the Director General of the Southeast and Southwest<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5711,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2428],"tags":[212,213,1115,1257],"class_list":{"0":"post-5710","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-public-sector","8":"tag-bilateral-cooperation","9":"tag-bilateral-relationships","10":"tag-japan","11":"tag-maldives"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Maldives and Japan to hold 4th round of Policy Dialogue in April - Maldives Business Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=5710\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Maldives and Japan to hold 4th round of Policy Dialogue in April - Maldives Business Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Maldives and Japanese governments are set to hold their fourth round of Japan-Maldives Policy Dialogue on 4th April 2023, in Tokyo, Japan. The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed Khaleel will lead the Maldives delegation, and the Japanese delegation will be led by Arima Yutaka, the Director General of the Southeast and Southwest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=5710\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Maldives Business Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mvbiztimes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-04-01T09:05:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mohamed Reehaan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@mvbiztimes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@mvbiztimes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mohamed Reehaan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=5710#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=5710\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mohamed Reehaan\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/#\/schema\/person\/a0eedc1134716e7c8e4da095494670c2\"},\"headline\":\"Maldives and Japan to hold 4th round of Policy Dialogue in April\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-04-01T09:05:55+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=5710\"},\"wordCount\":156,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=5710#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"keywords\":[\"bilateral cooperation\",\"Bilateral Relationships\",\"Japan\",\"Maldives\"],\"articleSection\":[\"PUBLIC SECTOR\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=5710#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=5710\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=5710\",\"name\":\"Maldives and Japan to hold 4th round of Policy Dialogue in April - Maldives Business Times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=5710#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=5710#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-04-01T09:05:55+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=5710#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=5710\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=5710#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=5710#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Maldives and Japan to hold 4th round of Policy Dialogue in April\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/\",\"name\":\"Maldives Business Times\",\"description\":\"Maldives Business Times delivers timely and in-depth English news on business, economy, and breaking events in the Maldives.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Maldives Business Times\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/background_removed_image_x5KLRjOsQMGL6jgPS4Hiew.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/background_removed_image_x5KLRjOsQMGL6jgPS4Hiew.png\",\"width\":1312,\"height\":736,\"caption\":\"Maldives Business Times\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mvbiztimes\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/mvbiztimes\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/#\/schema\/person\/a0eedc1134716e7c8e4da095494670c2\",\"name\":\"Mohamed Reehaan\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ac0f3a9111db774c387735910f0eeee4432a0db79cc936fe00f3f0fb05f1af6c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ac0f3a9111db774c387735910f0eeee4432a0db79cc936fe00f3f0fb05f1af6c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Mohamed Reehaan\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?author=4\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Maldives and Japan to hold 4th round of Policy Dialogue in April - Maldives Business Times","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=5710","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Maldives and Japan to hold 4th round of Policy Dialogue in April - Maldives Business Times","og_description":"The Maldives and Japanese governments are set to hold their fourth round of Japan-Maldives Policy Dialogue on 4th April 2023, in Tokyo, Japan. The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed Khaleel will lead the Maldives delegation, and the Japanese delegation will be led by Arima Yutaka, the Director General of the Southeast and Southwest","og_url":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=5710","og_site_name":"Maldives Business Times","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mvbiztimes","article_published_time":"2023-04-01T09:05:55+00:00","author":"Mohamed Reehaan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@mvbiztimes","twitter_site":"@mvbiztimes","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mohamed Reehaan","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=5710#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=5710"},"author":{"name":"Mohamed Reehaan","@id":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/#\/schema\/person\/a0eedc1134716e7c8e4da095494670c2"},"headline":"Maldives and Japan to hold 4th round of Policy Dialogue in April","datePublished":"2023-04-01T09:05:55+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=5710"},"wordCount":156,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=5710#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","keywords":["bilateral cooperation","Bilateral Relationships","Japan","Maldives"],"articleSection":["PUBLIC SECTOR"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=5710#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=5710","url":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=5710","name":"Maldives and Japan to hold 4th round of Policy Dialogue in April - Maldives Business Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=5710#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=5710#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"2023-04-01T09:05:55+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=5710#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=5710"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=5710#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=5710#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Maldives and Japan to hold 4th round of Policy Dialogue in April"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/#website","url":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/","name":"Maldives Business Times","description":"Maldives Business Times delivers timely and in-depth English news on business, economy, and breaking events in the Maldives.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/#organization","name":"Maldives Business Times","url":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/background_removed_image_x5KLRjOsQMGL6jgPS4Hiew.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/background_removed_image_x5KLRjOsQMGL6jgPS4Hiew.png","width":1312,"height":736,"caption":"Maldives Business Times"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mvbiztimes","https:\/\/x.com\/mvbiztimes"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/#\/schema\/person\/a0eedc1134716e7c8e4da095494670c2","name":"Mohamed Reehaan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ac0f3a9111db774c387735910f0eeee4432a0db79cc936fe00f3f0fb05f1af6c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ac0f3a9111db774c387735910f0eeee4432a0db79cc936fe00f3f0fb05f1af6c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Mohamed Reehaan"},"url":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?author=4"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}