The proposed visit of Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri to Kathmandu next week has been deferred for now. However, India has extended an invite to the Nepalese leadership to visit New Delhi next month for the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) summit. New Delhi is hosting the IBCA summit on June 1, and leaders of all member states, including Nepal, have been invited. It is likely that Nepalese Foreign Minister Shishir Khanal would make a visit to India although there has been no confirmation yet. The IBCA was launched on April 9, 2023, by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the commemoration of 50 years of Project Tiger to create an international platform for the conservation of seven big cats — tiger, lion, leopard, cheetah, snow leopard, puma and jaguar. Misri’s proposed two-day visit, at the invitation of his Nepal counterpart Amrit Bahadur Rai, was meant to understand the priorities of the new Balen Shah government.…