Kathmandu: Visiting Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Balendra Shah at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers in Singha Durbar, Kathmandu, on Thursday, November 5.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Prime Minister Shah during the meeting expressed appreciation for India’s support as a first responder during natural disasters in Nepal, including the recent floods in the Bhotekoshi area.
The two sides also discussed various matters of mutual interest and bilateral relations between Nepal and India.
Misri arrived in Kathmandu on Wednesday for a two-day official visit to Nepal at the invitation of his Nepali counterpart Amrit Rai to lay the groundwork for PM Shah’s India visit. During his visit, he held delegation-level bilateral talks with Foreign Secretary Amrit Bahadur Rai and also paid separate courtesy calls on Finance Minister Dr Swarnim Wagle, Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal, Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Biraj Bhakta Shrestha, and Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Sunil Lamsal.
Misri is scheduled to depart for New Delhi on Thursday, November 5, concluding his two-day official visit to Nepal.
