Misri Meets Nepal PM Balendra And Discusses Bilateral Ties

Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on Thursday called on Nepalese Prime Minister Balendra Shah and discussed various issues of bilateral interest.

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the two sides held the meeting at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers in Kathmandu.

The main purpose of the official visit by Foreign Secretary Misri to Nepal was to discuss the upcoming visit of Prime



Minister Shah to India. Prime Minister Shah is expected to pay an official visit to India later this month. 

Earlier, Misri paid a courtesy call on Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal and Finance Minister Swarnim Wagley and held a bilateral meeting with his counterpart, Foreign Secretary of Nepal Amrit Bahadur Rai on Wednesday.

Misri had arrived in Kathmandu on Tuesday at the cordial invitation of Nepalese Foreign Secretary Rai.