India's newly appointed ambassador to Nepal Sudhakar Dalela on Thursday met the Himalayan nation's foreign secretary Amrit Bahadur Rai and discussed ways to further strengthen bilateral ties.
The meeting at the foreign ministry took place ahead of Nepal Prime Minister Balendra Shah's proposed visit to India later in the month.
"They held productive discussions on various facets of bilateral cooperation and ways to further strengthen close ties of friendship and cooperation," the Indian embassy in Kathmandu said in a post on X.
According to Nepal's Foreign Ministry, they exchanged views on enhancing bilateral ties for the "mutual benefit of the two countries and peoples".
In a statement, it said that Rai also congratulated Dalela on his appointment and wished him a productive and successful tenure in Nepal.
Dalela arrived in Kathmandu on November 3 to assume his office.
Prime Minister Shah is expected to pay an official visit to India in the last week of November.
(With inputs from PTI)