Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal called for the resumption of direct flights between Kathmandu and Moscow, which were suspended in 2004, in an exclusive interview with TASS.

"We should initiate the process to resume the flights; we haven’t had any problems," the prime minister said.

He made it clear that Nepal was ready to receive flights from Russia. "Although after this Russia-Ukraine war, some complexities and difficulties may be there for other people and countries but we haven’t had any problems with Russia," he stressed.