Prime Minister Shah to meet Indian, Chinese envoys on Monday, US Chargé d’Affaires next day
Summary
Prime Minister Balendra Shah will hold separate meetings with the Indian and Chinese ambassadors in Kathmandu on Monday, followed by a meeting with the US Chargé d’Affaires on Tuesday. The talks mark his first one-on-one courtesy calls with Kathmandu-based ambassadors since taking office and signal a shift away from his earlier no individual-meetings policy.
Key Points
- Prime Minister Balendra Shah will meet Indian Ambassador Naveen Srivastava and Chinese Ambassador Zhang Maoming separately on Monday, then US Chargé d’Affaires Scott Urbom on Tuesday.
- The meetings are the first one-on-one courtesy calls between Shah and Kathmandu-based ambassadors since he became prime minister on March 27.
- Shah had previously avoided individual meetings with foreign envoys, instead holding joint sessions with ambassadors and declining several US diplomatic requests.
- His move toward one-on-one diplomatic engagement follows a broader shift in how he is interacting with domestic and foreign stakeholders.
