Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) Parshuram Sharma and US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Afreen Akhtar held a meeting at the Nepal Army headquarters in Bhadrakali on Tuesday. During the meeting, the duo discussed mutual interests and bilateral cooperation, the NA Directorate of Public Relations and Information said. CoAS said that this kind of meeting will further strengthen the relationship between the two countries.

Akhtar will hold meetings with government and Nepal Army officials during her stay in Nepal, the US Embassy said.

She is also scheduled to hold discussions with the Nepali partners ICIMOD and Energy Nepal. “Issues of climate change, clean energy, humanitarian assistance and disaster response, democracy and human rights will be discussed,” the Embassy said.