US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal will be in the city after attending the 18th Saarc Summit to be held in Kathmandu, Nepal on November 26-27, reports UNB.
Biswal will arrive here to participate in meetings with government officials, civil society and labour group leaders, and members of the business community.
Biswal will travel to India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Uzbekistan, and Switzerland November 23-December 5, according to a media note issued from Washington on Friday night.
She is likely to arrive here on Thursday night and stay for two days, according to a diplomatic source.
She will travel to New Delhi, India for internal consultations and bilateral meetings.
The US official will then travel to Kathmandu, Nepal where she will represent the United States as an observer state at the 18th Annual South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) Summit.
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FE Team | Published: November 23, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00
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