Swedish team arrives

KATHMANDU: A seven-member Swedish team headed by Lena Sundh, ambassador and advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sweden on issues relating to conflict prevention, management and peacekeeping, arrived Kathmandu on Monday on a mission to assess situation in Nepal. — HNS

Envoy calls on Oli

KATHMANDU: Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Nepal, Keith George Bloomfield, paid a farewell call on Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs KP Sharma Oli who, at the latter’s office in Sheetal Niwas, on Monday. During the meeting, Oli appreciated the role played by Bloomfield to enhance the bilateral relations between Nepal and the UK, a press release said. — RSS