India, May 10 -- MEA official says that a formal invitation will be soon sent to Nepal for ICBA participation

While the Lipulekh Pass row clouded the visit of India's foreign secretary to Nepal, India is set to host the new Foreign Minister of the Himalayan country to the International Big Cat Alliance (ICBA) Summit which is expected to be inaugurated by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. With India set to extend an official invitation to the neighbouring country's foreign minister for the first ever ICBA Summit to be hosted by New Delhi from June 1-2, the visit of the Nepalese foreign minister Shisir Khanal to India will be the first ever visit of a Nepalese minister to India after the formation of the Balendra Shah government in the ...