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President Bhandari appoints Yubaraj Khatiwada as ambassador to the US

President Bhandari appoints Yubaraj Khatiwada as ambassador to the US

By THT Online

Interview with Finance Minister Yubaraj Khatiwada in Lalitpur on Saturday, March 2, 2019. Photo: Balkrishna Thapa Chhetri/THT

KATHMANDU: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has appointed former Finance Minister Yubaraj Khatiwada the new ambassador of Nepal to the United States. Khatiwada's name was recommended by the government as the next envoy to the US earlier in October. The president, acting upon the recommendation, approved Khatiwada's name appointing him for the job.