Kathmandu, Nepal: US Ambassador to Nepal Alaina B. Teplitz is going to return back after successfully completing her tenure as ambassador in Nepal. 

It is said that Ambassador Teplitz has been nominated as the US Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives.

According a source at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) Ambassador Teplitz is being replaced by Randy W. Berry, senior Foreign Service career member at the US Department of State.  

He currently serves as Deputy Assistant Secretary at the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor at the US State Department.

Though decision regarding the replacement of the US ambassador is yet to come officially, it is said that MoFA has already approved the agree-mo for ambassador-designate Berry.