Kathmandu, April 24 -- Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, met with top leaders in Nepal on Wednesday.

He paid a call on President Ramchandra Paudel at Sheetal Niwas. "During the call on, the two sides discussed the gamut of bilateral relations and ambits of further cooperation to enhance happily subsisting relations between Nepal and the UAE," the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

Stating that the UAE has remained an important and reliable partner of Nepal in its social as well as economic development, the President expressed hope for the enhancement of the bilateral cooperation between the two countries, said Basant Prasad Panthi, assistant spokesperson for...