09-Aug-2024 11:00 PM
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New Delhi, Aug 9 (Reporter) Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri will be paying a two-day official visit to Nepal from Sunday, in the first high-level visit to Kathmandu since the KP Sharma Oli government took over last month after toppling the Pushpa Dahal Prachanda regime.
FS Misri is visiting Nepal at the invitation of the Foreign Secretary of Nepal, Sewa Lamsal.
Foreign Secretary Misri's upcoming visit continues the tradition of regular high level exchanges between the two countries and reflects the priority India attaches to its relations with Nepal under its Neighbourhood First policy, a statement said.
India and Nepal share an age-old civilizational, cultural and people-to-people connect, and bilateral cooperation between the two countries has further strengthened in recent years with continued momentum in high level exchanges and major infrastructure and connectivity projects in Nepal having been completed and new ones undertaken with Government of India’s assistance.
This visit of Foreign Secretary will be an opportunity to further advance our bilateral ties, it added.
During the visit, the two foreign secretaries will discuss various matters to further strengthen Nepal-India relations and advance cooperation, a Nepal foreign ministry statement said.
Misri took up his new role last month, succeeding Vinay Mohan Kwatra, who served as Indian ambassador to Nepal from March 2020 to April 2022.
CPN-UML chief KP Sharma Oli has become the new Nepal Prime Minister after forging an alliance with the Nepali Congress and withdrawing support to the government led by Maoist Center Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal...////...