NEPAL-INDIA: In a meeting with his Nepalese counterpart Bharat Raj Paudyal, India's Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra decided to strengthen the bilateral relationship's extensive economic and development cooperation. On a two-day official visit, Foreign Secretary Kwatra came to this country to meet with the senior political figures to discuss the full extent of the two nations' extensive collaboration.
The Indian embassy in this country tweeted, "Foreign Secretary Shri Vinay Kwatra met his counterpart Mr. Bharat Raj Paudyal and reviewed the wide-ranging India-Nepal collaboration." In order to benefit the two nations as well as the area as a whole, "both parties decided to further strengthen their economic and development cooperation," the statement read.
Kwatra, who was formerly India's ambassador to this country, would pay courtesy calls to Nepal's Prime Minister Pushpakamal Dahal, also known as "Prachanda," and Foreign Minister Paudyal during his tour.
It is anticipated that Kwatra will also bring up the prospect of Nepal's Prime Minister Prachanda visiting India with his Nepalese counterparts. Prachanda has declared that his first trip abroad will be to India.
According to a statement released by Nepal's foreign ministry here on Sunday, Nepal and India would discuss a range of bilateral cooperation issues during the foreign secretary's visit, including connectivity, power trade, agriculture, health, and culture among others.
It stated that the visit was a continuation of the two amicable neighbours' customary exchange of visits. Indian Prime Minister Prachanda took power for the third time in December, and this will be his first high-level visit since then.
Kwatra is also expected to meet with KP Sharma Oli, the chairman of the CPN-UML, and Sher Bahadur Deuba, the head of the Nepali Congress.
According to the Ministry of External Affairs, "the visit is in keeping with the tradition of frequent high-level exchanges between the two countries and the emphasis India takes to its relations with Nepal under its "Neighborhood First" policy."
India's foreign policy is fundamentally based on its "Neighborhood First" doctrine. The goal of the policy is to establish friendly and productive ties with India's South Asian neighbours in a variety of fields, including the economy, science, and technology, as well as research and education.
In the framework of its broad strategic interests in the area, India values Nepal, and the leaders of the two nations have frequently referred to their historic "Roti Beti" relationship.
The nation borders five Indian states: Sikkim, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand, totaling more than 1,850 kilometres. India is a major source of transportation for Nepal, a landlocked country.
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