Kathmandu, Nov 5: Visiting Foreign Secretary of India, Vikram Misri, called on Prime Minister Balendra Shah and conveyed greetings from the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi.
During the meeting held today at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, the Indian Foreign Secretary highlighted the wide-ranging engagement and overall progress in diverse areas of bilateral cooperation, and discussed possible outcomes and initiatives in the context of the upcoming visit of the Prime Minister of Nepal to India, according to the Joint Press Release released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the occasion of the Official Visit of Indian Foreign Secretary to Nepal.
Foreign Secretary Misri visited Nepal from November 4 to 5, at the cordial invitation of Foreign Secretary Amrit Bahadur Rai.
During the visit, the Foreign Secretary of India also called on Finance Minister, Swarnim Wagle, Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal, Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Biraj Bhakta Shrestha and Minister for Infrastructure Development, Sunil Lamsal.
The two Foreign Secretaries held delegation-level talks on November 4 during which they reviewed on-going cooperation across diverse sectors and discussed ways to further strengthen the mutually beneficial partnership between Nepal and India.
Likewise, the Indian Foreign Secretary interacted with a group of parliamentarians, including members of the Nepal-India Parliamentary Friendship Group and Nepal’s Parliamentary Committee on International Relations and Tourism.
During various engagements, the Nepali leadership expressed gratitude for India’s swift and substantial humanitarian and technical assistance in the aftermath of the Rasuwa-Bhotekoshi floods. Both sides noted with satisfaction the growing engagement in recent times in traditionally strong areas of bilateral cooperation, including trade and commerce, development partnership, hydropower, physical connectivity, border management, energy, and people-to-people ties as well as newer avenues for collaboration including start-ups, digital connectivity, AI and sports. They reaffirmed their commitment to all round enhancement of the bilateral partnership.
The visit of Foreign Secretary of India continued the tradition of regular high-level exchanges between the two countries to further advance close bilateral ties of friendship and cooperation, adds the Joint Press Release.
