Monday, July 22, 2019

Nepal, Georgia agree on free visa

Nepal and Georgia today – during the first-ever bilateral consultations between two countries – agreed on free visa.
The delegation – led by the host foreign secretary Shanker Das Bairagi and visiting guest team led by deputy minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Alexander Khvtisiashvili held at the Foreign Ministry in Kathmandu – also reviewed diverse aspects of bilateral relations and exchanged views on further promoting cooperation between the two countries at bilateral, regional and multilateral levels.
According to a press statement released by the ministry today, both countries agreed to waive visa fees for diplomatic and government passport holders of both countries. “An agreement on visa waiver for holders of diplomatic, official or service passports was also signed on the occasion,” the Foreign Ministry press note revealed.
Following the consultations, the visiting deputy minister Khvtisiashvili called on foreign minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali, and discussed matters of mutual interest between the two countries.
The Georgian delegation consisted of ambassador of Georgia to Nepal Archil Dzuliashvili, director of the Department of Asia and Pacific of the Georgian Foreign Ministry David Kereselidze, senior counsellor at the Georgian Embassy in New Delhi Nana Gaprindashvili as well as the Honorary Consul of Georgia in Kathmandu Shiv Ratan Sharda. 

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