Nepal Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal arrives in Delhi, meets NSA Doval

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Nepal Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal receives a warm welcome as he arrives for his official visit, in New Delhi on Friday. Photo: @MEAIndia/X via ANI

In a sign of Kathmandu’s deepening security dialogue with India, Nepal Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal met National Security Adviser Ajit Doval on Friday (June 5, 2026).

Mr. Khanal is the first Minister from Prime Minister Balen Shah’s Cabinet to visit India at an official level, since Nepal’s new government was elected in March to replace the interim administration that had taken charge after the September 2025 Gen-Z uprising against former Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli and his government.

“With Nepal, we have an expansive agenda, from development cooperation to people-to-people ties to trade and investment. All these ties will be discussed when the two Foreign Ministers meet. But on our side, we are keen to further strengthen this multifaceted partnership that we have with Nepal,” said Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, announcing Mr. Khanal’s arrival at an official briefing.

Earlier, Nepal’s Foreign Affairs Ministry had said that Mr. Khanal’s visit to India between June 5 and 7 would enhance cooperation “across key areas including trade, investment, connectivity, energy, and people-to-people ties”. Mr. Khanal had met External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar in Mauritius between April 10 and 12 on the sidelines of the Indian Ocean Conference.

After meeting Mr. Doval, the visiting Foreign Minister was hosted at a round table discussion organised by the India Foundation on Friday evening.

Ahead of the visit, Mr. Khanal met veteran Nepali diplomat Bhek Bahadur Thapa who has served as the coordinator of the Nepal-India Eminent Persons Group (EPG). Mr. Thapa also handed over the key of a box containing an EPG report prepared a few years ago, which had not been submitted to the political leaderships of Nepal and India. The EPG was formed after the blockade of 2015-2016, as a mechanism to discuss a wide range