US Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Richard R. Verma paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Friday.

At the meeting held at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, they discussed various matters of mutual interest, the Prime Minister’s Secretariat informed.

Senior US diplomat Verma arrived in Kathmandu today.

During his stay in Nepal, he will meet government officials and businessmen, the US Embassy in Nepal informed.

He is scheduled to have an interaction with Nepali tea experts and there is also a discussion program with the USAID’s program partners.