Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri to visit Nepal for two days starting Sunday

Kathmandu / Aug 9: Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri will be on an official visit to Nepal on Sunday at the invitation of his Nepali counterpart Sewa Lamsal.

Indian External Affairs Ministry in a statement said the two-day visit of Foreign Secretary Misri 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 Neighborhood First policy.

The statement further said that 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,” adds the statement.