Foreign Secretary to visit Kathmandu as plans get underway for Nepal PM’s India visit
Nepal PM Balendra Shah is expected to visit Delhi by the end of the year, in what would be his first bilateral visit abroad, as he has been focused on domestic issues
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri is set to visit Kathmandu on November 4 to finalize arrangements for Nepal Prime Minister Balendra Shah’s upcoming trip to India, according to a Nepali diplomatic source. The visit comes as Shah's seven-month-old government prepares for the aftermath of devastating floods in the Bhote Koshi River and plans various administrative and political reforms.
This will be Shah's first foreign bilateral visit since his rise to prominence during the September 2025 Gen-Z uprising that overthrew former Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli. Nepal exports electricity worth $39 million to India each month following the floods, with exports recovering post-disaster. The new government, led by the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), aims to focus on domestic priorities while deprioritizing foreign interlocutors.
Shah's predecessor, former Foreign Secretary Misri, was scheduled to meet Shah in May but the visit was postponed due to the new leader's emphasis on domestic challenges.
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