Nepalese PM meets Indian Foreign Secretary
Kathmandu,
Sep
16:
Nepalese
Prime
Minister
Girija
Prasad
Koirala
today
met
visiting
Indian
Foreign
Secretary
Shiv
Shankar
Menon
at
his
official
residence
in
Baluwatar
and
discussed
the
latest
political
situation.
Koirala and Menon are reported to have held consultations on issues, including elections preparations of Constituent Assembly, boarder security, and Nepali Congress unification.
According to Indian Embassy, later in the day, Menon is scheduled to meet Foreign Minister Sahana Pradhan, House Speaker Subash Nembang among others, the Kantipuronline reported.
Yesterday, Menon held separate meetings with UML General Secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal, Nepali Congress (Democratic) president Sher Bahadur Deuba, Maoist chairman Prachanda and Rastriya Janashakti Party (RJP) president Surya Bahadur Thapa on Saturday evening.
Menon had stressed on timely polls, Nepal told reporters.
"The
Indian
position
on
republic/monarchy
is
that
they
will
respect
the
decision
of
Nepali
people.
They
have
stressed
on
timely
election,
which
can
ensure
credibility
and
other
things," said
Nepal.
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