The new Indian Ambassador to Nepal, Rakesh Sood, arriving at the Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, to assume his duty, on Thursday, Apr 24 08.nepalnews.com/NPA
New Indian ambassador to Nepal Rakesh Sood arrived in Kathmandu on Thursday to assume his duty.
Sood, a career diplomat, was India's ambassador to Afghanistan before his posting in Nepal.
As a disarmament expert, he was previously India's Permanent Representative to the UN Conference on Disarmament in Geneva. He had also worked as Deputy Chief of Mission at the Indian Embassy in Washington.
Sood replaces ambassador Shiv Shankar Mukherjee who had left Nepal on Wednesday after completing his three-year tenure.
Mukherjee has been appointed as new Indian ambassador to London. nepalnews.com mk Apr 24 08
