President Bidya Devi Bhandari has appointed Professor Shridhar Khatri as the Nepali Ambassador to the United States.
President Bhandari has appointed Khatri as ambassador on the recommendation of the government in accordance with Article 282 of the Constitution.
The present Sher Bahadur Deuba government had decided to recommend Khatri as ambassador on October 31 and the parliamentary hearing committee had approved it on September 10. But the appointment of the ambassador was delayed as it took time for agreemo to arrive from the United States.
Khatri replaced Ambassador Dr Yuba Raj Khatiwada.
The government of Nepal had appointed three ambassadors for India, United Kingdom and United States.
See the appointment letter of the Office of the President, Nepal:
