The delegation, led by Tom Phillip, director for South Asia and Afghanistan at the UK Foreign and Common Wealth Office, will prepare a detailed report on Nepal, which will be the basis for EU's development assistance and other cooperation to Kathmandu.
The delegates has begun consultations with Nepalese political parties, government officials and members of civil society regarding the King's power grab, efforts to restore democracy and the Maoist problem, Nepali Congress (Democratic) leader Prakash Sharan Mahat said.
The EU is one of the major donor groups helping Nepal's development efforts.
The delegation last year visited Nepal when Sher Bahadur Deuba was the Prime Minister and increased assistance to Nepal from earlier 17 million Euro to 120 million Euro after assessing the situation, said Mahat, Foreign Minister in the deposed Deuba cabinet.
But following the February move, the EU did not release the additional assistance to Nepal.
During their brief stay in Nepal the Troika will hold meeting with Nepali Congress President Girija Prasad Koirala, Nepal Communist Party-UML general secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal, King Gyanendra's deputy Tulsi Giri, high officials of the Royal Nepalese Army and Nepal Police and leading human rights activists, said sources in the UK Embassy, which is currently heading the EU's Nepal mission.
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