The post fell vacant after the outgoing CoP Niranjan Man Singh Basnyat was appointed Nepal´s ambassador to Malaysia. Pokharel, who is also heading the South Asia Division at MoFA, was given the new responsibility from Wednesday. [break]
Likewise, MoFA appointed Dipak Dhital as the new spokesperson for the ministry. The post had fallen vacant after Arjun Bahadur Thapa was promoted to the post of foreign secretary.
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