KATHMANDU, SEPTEMBER 1

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and the US senator Chris Van Hollen held a meeting in Kathmandu on Friday.

Hollen is a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Appropriations Sub-committee on State and Foreign Operations.

Matters related to mutual interest and collaboration were discussed in the meeting held at the Prime Minister residence, Baluwatar. Senator Hollen arrived Kathmandu today itself on an official visit.

During the visit, he will engage in various meetings aimed at further strengthening the political and professional relations between the United States of America and Nepal, according to the US Embassy in Kathmandu. He will be meeting government officials, youth leaders, lawmakers and the business community, it is said.

He will also discuss with concerned agencies about the US cooperation in the areas of health and infrastructure of Nepal.