Nepal PM Balendra Shah meets Indian Ambassador, first foreign envoy since taking office

Updated On: 10 August, 2026 01:27 PM IST | Kathmandu | ANI

This meeting marks the first time Shah has held face-to-face bilateral talks with an individual foreign diplomat since taking office nearly four months ago. Shah had previously maintained a firm stance against single-delegate meetings with ambassadors, preferring group interactions instead

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Nepal's Prime Minister's Office shows Nepal's Prime Minister Balendra Shah (R) posing next to India's Ambassador to Nepal Naveen Srivastava, during their meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Kathmandu. Pic/AFP

Indian Ambassador to Nepal Naveen Srivastava on Monday called on Nepali Prime Minister Balendra Shah in the first meeting since Shah assumed office in March. The courtesy call opens a series of individual discussions Prime Minister Shah is holding with foreign envoys, marking a clear shift toward direct, one-to-one diplomacy.

Indian Ambassador to Nepal Naveen Srivastava also met with Nepal's Council of Ministers in Singha Durbar. The meeting between the Indian Ambassador and the Nepali PM went on for abot an hour.