Indian Ambassador to Nepal Rakesh Sood returned to India after completing his tenure on Thursday.
Talking to reporters at Tribhuvan International Airport, he said India will continue its support to Nepal. He said his tenure in Nepal was successful.
Sood also expressed hope that Nepal can promulgate the new constitution by taking the peace process to a logical end, adding that India always attaches the highest importance to its relations with Nepal. He was appointed India's Ambassador to Nepal in April 2008.
Sood is India next Ambassador to France, replacing Ranjan Mathai, who has been named the new Foreign Secretary of India.
Sood, who joined the Indian Foreign Service in July 1976, had already served as India’s Ambassador to Afghanistan and Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva and also as the Deputy Chief of Mission in the Embassy of India in Washington DC.
Newly appointed Indian Ambassador to Nepal Jayanta Prasad is arriving in Nepal on 25 August. The new envoy is the son of Prof Bimal Prasad, who had served as the Indian Ambassador to Nepal from 1991-1995.