Kathmandu, Aug. 10 -- Prime Minister Balendra Shah on Monday held his first one-on-one meeting with a Kathmandu-based foreign ambassador since taking office, ending a self-imposed rule of avoiding individual diplomatic engagements.

Shah met Indian Ambassador to Nepal Naveen Srivastava at the Prime Minister's Office in Singha Durbar. The meeting covered Nepal-India bilateral relations, mutual interests, development partnership and areas of cooperation, according to the prime minister's secretariat.

Srivastava congratulated Shah and expressed his commitment to further strengthening relations and cooperation between the two countries.

Shah emphasised the need to deepen Nepal's "historic relationship" with India and work together in areas ...