Japan's finance minister Satsuki Katayama said she will hold careful discussions with relevant parties, including the ruling LDP, on tax-treatment reforms for Japanese government bonds aimed at retail investors.

Chinese Vice President Han Zheng met Indian National Security Adviser and China-India border special representative Doval in Beijing on the 25th. Han said Xi and Modi’s meetings in Kazan and Tianjin over the past two years produced important consensuses that have put bilateral ties back on a recovery path. He urged both sides to view the relationship strategically and long-term, implement leaders’ consensus, deepen strategic mutual trust, expand cooperation and multilateral coordination, and properly manage differences to advance sustained, stable development of China-India relations.

Pakistan's interior minister said Pakistan and Iran are discussing restoring the Islamabad memorandum of understanding to resolve conflict, with talks focused on easing Middle East tensions and a path to peace.