KATHMANDU: French Ambassador to Nepal, François-Xavier LEGER, presented an autographed book by Pierre Mazeaud, the first French alpinist to reach the top of Mount Everest in 1978, to Prime Minister KP Oli today.

The gesture has been made to ‘bring higher and further the Nepal-France relationship’, according to the French Embassy in Nepal. Shrinkhala Khatiwada, the Goodwill Ambassador for the 70th anniversary Nepal-France relationship and a youth icon, accompanied Ambassador LEGER on the occasion.

French Ambassador to Nepal François-Xavier LEGER (L), youth icon Shrinkhala Khatiwada (C) with Prime Minister K P Oli. (Photo: French Embassy)

Nepal and France share a long common history of cooperation in the domain of alpinism and is vital to the bilateral relationship.