Kathmandu, April 27 -- Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoko Kamikawa of Japan is arriving in Kathmandu on May 4 via Sri Lanka on a two-day Nepal visit, the Japanese foreign ministry announced on Friday.

Ahead of the Nepal visit, she will also be travelling to France and other nations.

She is arriving at the invitation of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Narayan Kaji Shrestha. Besides Sheresha, Kamikawa is also likely to meet President Ramchandra Paudel, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and other political leaders.

Foreign ministry officials, however, expressed their surprise at the Japanese announcement of the visit unilaterally. "We were supposed to announce the visit jointly," a joint-secretary at the Kathmandu mi...