Kathmandu, Oct. 2
Nepal and the
United States of America have agreed to establish a Bilateral Consultation
Mechanism (BCM) to discuss various bilateral issues.
For this, a
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs (MoFA) of Nepal and the Department of State of the United States of
America on the establishment of a Bilateral Consultation Mechanism on Monday at
the Department of State, the MoFA informed in a statement on Tuesday.
The MoU was
signed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Nepal Dr. Arzu Rana Deuba, and by
Acting Under-Secretary for Political Affairs of the US Department of State John
Bass. Following the signing of the MOU, FM Rana and Under Secretary Bass
exchanged views on matters of mutual interest between the two countries, read
the statement.
With the signing
of this MOU, senior officials of the MoFA and the State Department will hold
periodic consultations alternately in Kathmandu and Washington, D.C. to discuss
the overall gamut of Nepal-US relations.
Foreign Minister
Rana left Washington, D.C. in the evening of September 30 for Doha where she is
leading the Nepali delegation to the Summit of Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD),
before finally heading back to Kathmandu. Foreign Secretary Sewa Lamsal and
Charge’ d’affaires Kumar Raj Kharel were also present on the occasion of the
MoU signing.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 3 October 2024.
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