Foreign Secy in Nepal to boost bilateral ties

Kathmandu, August 11

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on Sunday met Nepal’s top leadership and discussed ways to provide an impetus to various sectors of bilateral cooperation.

Misri, who is here on a two-day visit at the invitation of his Nepalese counterpart Sewa Lamsal, paid a courtesy call on President Ramchandra Paudel at the president’s office Sheetalniwas in Kathmandu. “While conveying greetings of the Indian leadership, he discussed ways to further strengthen India-Nepal ties across all sectors,” the Indian Embassy in Nepal said in a post on X.

Misri also called on Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli at his office at Singhdurbar.

“The Foreign Secretary reaffirmed India & Nepal’s civilisational, close and multifaceted relationship and discussed ways to provide an impetus to various sectors of bilateral cooperation,” the Embassy said in another post. Foreign Secretary Sewa Lamsal was also present on the occasion.

Earlier in the day, Misri and Secretary of Nepal’s Urban Development Ministry Maniram Gelal jointly inaugurated a new building of Nepal Bhasha Parishad in Kathmandu built under India’s post-earthquake reconstruction grant.

The building in the Naradevi area of the capital was damaged in the 2015 earthquake. Nepal Bhasha is the language belonging to the ethnic Newar community of Kathmandu.

In keeping with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call of “Ek Ped Ma ke Naam”, Misri planted a sapling of “Nili Gulmohar” at the Indian mission’s complex. — PTI