KATHMANDU: Ambassador of Australia to Nepal, Felicity Volk, paid a courtesy call on President Ram Chandra Paudel at the Rastrapati Bhawan, Shital Niwas today.

On the occasion, discussions were held on bilateral relations between Nepal and Australia and on matters of mutual interest and concern, the Office of the President said.

President Paudel expressed confidence that Australia’s cooperation for the social and economic development of Nepal-like land-locked countries will further increase in the coming days, not only in its capacity of the prosperous economy of Southeast Asia and the Pacific region, but as it also has an important presence in the global economic forum.