In an unusual gesture, the ministry this week summoned the Nepali ambassador to India, Rukma Shumsher Rana, calling the incident a "gross violation of diplomatic norms," the Kathmandu Post daily reported on Saturday. Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao and Joint Secretary Satish Mehta reportedly met the Nepali envoy at the South Block in New Delhi, saying that with the close ties India and Nepal enjoyed, such an incident should have never taken place.
The summoning came after the external affairs ministry sent a letter of protest to Nepal's foreign ministry on Oct 12, calling the attack against Indian ambassador Rakesh Sood a breach of the Vienna Convention that guides diplomatic privileges and immunities but the caretaker government failed to take any action against the culprits or even offer a formal apology.
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