In a visit to fine-tune the details of Nepal Prime Minister Balendra Shah ’s planned trip to India, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri is expected to reach Kathmandu on November 4, along with newly designated Indian ambassador Sudhakar Dalela, a Nepali diplomatic source has told The Hindu .
Nepal now has a complex new process to appoint envoys, as the new government announced that top ambassadorial posts would be selected through a public application process. Pandey’s name, along with nine others, has received the necessary clearance in Kathmandu. “There are no political meetings planned.
In all, around 4,400 candidates had applied for the vacant ambassadorial positions. Of the top ambassadorial posts in 13 Nepali missions, three remain uncertain, while Mr.
Nepali diplomatic sources told The Hindu that Kathmandu is awaiting the agrément (diplomatic permission) from India for Nischal Nath Pandey’s arrival in the Nepali Embassy in Delhi. Since this is a personal visit, I urge people not to read politics into it,” he said, before starting his pilgrimage in his second visit to India in six months.
The Hindu had earlier reported that Mr. Mr. Shah is expected to visit India by the end of the year, even as his seven-month-old government continues to deal with the aftermath of the devastating floods in the Bhote Koshi River while also planning a slew of administrative and political reforms. If it materialises, this will be the first bilateral visit abroad by Mr. Sharma Oli. Shah, who belongs to the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) led by former media personality Rabi Lamichhane, had vowed to focus on domestic priorities while deprioritising foreign interlocutors. In fact, Mr. Subsequently, RSP chairman Mr. Jaishankar. Mr. Gurung also met Mr. Jaishankar before he returned to Kathmandu. Mr. Despite the flurry of visits, the Embassy of Nepal here has been left without an Ambassador for some months since the previous Ambassador, Shankar Prasad Sharma, returned home. Misri.
Shah, who rose to prominence during the September 2025 Gen-Z uprising in Nepal that overthrew the government of former Prime Minister K.P. Lamichhane was hosted in New Delhi and met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 3, after which Nepal’s Foreign Minister Sisir Khanal visited Delhi on June 5, in the first Minister-level representation to India from the new government, and met his Indian counterpart S. This was followed by the visits of Nepal’s Finance Minister Swarnim Wagle in September and Home Minister Sudan Gurung, who participated in the first BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) Home Ministers’ meeting held on October 13. Wagle paid a repeat visit to New Delhi to participate in a private media conclave on October 23, when he also had a courtesy meeting with the Prime Minister.
Because of the new leader’s resolve to focus on domestic challenges, misri was earlier scheduled to travel to Kathmandu to meet Prime Minister Shah in May but the visit was postponed, ostensibly.
Diplomatic sources said that the appointment of a new Nepali Ambassador to India will feature in the talks with Mr.
