US Ambassador to Nepal Dean R Thompson today paid a courtesy call on newly appointed Prime Minister of the interim government Sushila Karki. 

During the meeting held at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, Singha Durbar, the two exchanged views on various issues of mutual interest, according to the Prime Minister's Secretariat.

The Prime Minister acknowledged the US support to Nepal, expressing her hope that such assistance would continue in the future, too. 

Congratulating the Prime Minister on her appointment, the ambassador pledged the continuity of the US support to Nepal with priority as in the past.