Kathmandu, May 31 -- US Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy Sarah B. Rogers arrived in Kathmandu on Saturday night from New Delhi, concluding the India leg of her South and Central Asia tour.

Rogers is the senior-most American diplomat to visit Nepal since the government led by Balendra Shah took office, and the third senior US official to visit the country since the government was formed on March 27.

She is travelling to India, Nepal, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan from May 27 to June 10, according to a brief announcement by the State Department.

This is Rogers's first visit to Kathmandu since assuming office last year.

Washington has sent a string of senior officials to Kathmandu since the Balendra Shah government took office...