Indian Foreign Secretary to arrive today

Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon is scheduled to arrive in Kathmandu today in his first visit to Nepal since he took over the charges at the Ministry of External Affairs.

Menon, who is going to be the senior most Indian official to be visiting the country since the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), is scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, Foreign Minister, other ministers, officials and political leaders during his three-day stay in Kathmandu.
Menon will be accompanied by Pankaj Saran, the chief of Nepal-Bhutan desk at the South Block.