India, Aug. 16 -- Foreign secretary Vikram Misri will visit Nepal next week to meet his counterpart Amrit Bahadur Rai to review bilateral relations and discuss preparations for a planned trip to India next month by Nepal's Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.

Misri will visit Nepal during August 17-18 at the invitation of Nepalese foreign secretary Rai, the external affairs ministry said on Saturday. The visit continues the tradition of regular high-level exchanges between the two countries and will be an opportunity to further advance bilateral ties, it said in a statement.

People familiar with the matter said, on condition of anonymity, that Misri's meetings in Kathmandu will also focus on preparations for Oli's visit to New Delhi. Oli is ex...