Prime Minister Shah breaks with self-imposed rule, meets Indian ambassador one-on-one
Summary
Prime Minister Balendra Shah held his first one-on-one meeting with a Kathmandu-based foreign ambassador since taking office, meeting Indian Ambassador Naveen Srivastava at Singha Durbar. The move ends Shah’s self-imposed rule of avoiding individual diplomatic engagements and signals a shift in Nepal’s approach to foreign envoys.
Key Points
- Prime Minister Balendra Shah met Indian Ambassador to Nepal Naveen Srivastava in his first one-on-one meeting with a foreign ambassador since taking office.
- The meeting covered Nepal-India relations, mutual interests, development partnership and cooperation, according to the prime minister’s secretariat.
- Shah said Nepal should deepen its historic relationship with India and work together in shared areas of interest.
- He is also scheduled to meet Chinese Ambassador Zhang Maoming and US Embassy Chargé d’Affaires Scott Urbom separately this week.
