FM Pandey leaves for India

February 28, 2006
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Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey

Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey (File Photo)
Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey left for India Tuesday afternoon to attend an international seminar in the northern Indian city of Banaras.

Pandey is visiting India at the invitation of Banaras Hindu University to participate in a seminar “Problems and Prospect of Democracy in Nepal”, as a chief guest. He will return to the country on March 4.

Pandey’s visit is, however, said to have least diplomatic significance as he has no other agenda than to attend the seminar. “He has no program to meet any senior Indian official,” spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Shankar Das Bairagi, told Nepalnews ahead the FM’s departure.

The visit has been set at a time when India has been constantly pressuring the royal government to restore democratic process and reach out to the mainstream political parties. Indian military assistance to Nepal remains suspended since the royal move of February 1, 2005.