Kathmandu, January 17
Nepal’s foreign minister Prakash Sharan Mahat met India’s Minster of State for Foreign Affairs Gen VK Singh in Delhi on Tuesday.
Mahat is on a visit to India to attend the Raisina Dialogue in New Delhi. The event is being organised by prominent Indian think tanks. Mahat’s Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj has been away from work due to illness.
Mahat is expected to hold talks with Indian officials on the issue of demonitisation and the fate of Indian currency being held by Nepalis. He is also expected to urge India to allow Nepal to use the new 500 and 2,000 rupee notes.
