KATHMANDU, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Nepal has been re-elected as the president of World Tiger Forum for next three years by its general assembly, according to the website ekantipur.com Sunday.

    Forest Minister will be the president of the Forum while Forest Secretary will be the president of its working committee.

    The Forum, which was established in 1994 to work for conservation of tiger, has seven member states including Nepal.

    The general assembly of the forum recently concluded in Kathmandu along with the international symposium on tiger conservation in which officials and conservationists from 12 countries took part.