Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri to begin two-day visit to Nepal on November 4

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri will visit Kathmandu on November 4 and 5 in his first high-level trip to Nepal since Prime Minister Balendra Shah took charge in March.

The discussions will cover a potential visit to India by Prime Minister Shah, the appointment of a new Nepali ambassador, and India's continued disaster assistance.

Simultaneously, a welfare association of former Indian Army soldiers protested in Kathmandu on Monday demanding the resumption of Gurkha recruitment under the Agnipath scheme.