Nepal and US sign agreement on bilateral consultation mechanism

Nepal and the United States signed an agreement on the bilateral consultation mechanism.

The signing ceremony was held at the State Department in the US on Monday.

Foreign Minister Arzu Rana Deuba and Acting Undersecretary for Political Affairs, John Bass, signed the agreement from the respective sides.

The officials from Foreign Ministry of Nepal and the State Department of USA would dwell on a range of issues in the consultations and dialogues as per the agreement in Kathmandu and Washington DC.

The foreign ministers from both the countries held a discussion on the issues of common interest between Nepal and the USA.

The program was attended by Foreign Secretary Sewa Lamsal, Nepal's Charge de Affaires in the USA, Kumar Raj Kharel, and Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, Donald Lu.  

Foreign Minister Rana left for Doha on Monday itself.