Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao wrapped up a three-day official visit to Nepal on Thursday, which focused on the country’s political situation and bilateral relations.

During the visit, she met Nepal’s entire top political leadership, including President Ram Baran Yadav, Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal, and Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda.’

Elaborating on Ms. Rao’s meetings, the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu said in a statement: “The political leaders of Nepal stressed the importance they attached to close relations between Nepal and India. Read more