Kathmandu, Nov. 4 -- Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri paid a courtesy call on Nepal's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Shisir Khanal, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kathmandu on Wednesday.

During the meeting, the two sides discussed ways to further deepen their multifaceted partnership and strengthen the age-old ties of friendship between Nepal and India.

The meeting formed a key engagement on the first day of Misri's two-day official visit to Nepal, undertaken at the invitation of Nepali Foreign Secretary Amrit Bahadur Rai.

Misri arrived earlier in the day at Tribhuvan International Airport, where he was welcomed by Nepal's Joint Secretary Gehendra Rajbhandari and the newly appointed Ambassador to Nepal, Sudhakar Dalela.

The visit ...