US ambassador Scott H DeLisi arrives in Kathmandu

The newly appointed US ambassador to Nepal Scott H DeLisi has arrived in Kathmandu last week.

He was nominated as Nepal envoy in November 2009 and approved by the US Senate in March 2010.

There was no US ambassador to Nepal for almost eight months after erstwhile ambassador Nancy J Powell moved to Washington.

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