HANOI, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone will pay an official visit to Laos on Jan. 11-12, the Laonewspaper Vientiane Times reported Thursday.
The visit will come at the invitation of Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Thongloun Sisoulith, according to an announcement of the Lao Foreign Ministry.
The visit aims to further expand relations of friendship and cooperation between Laos and Japan, said the newspaper.