Kathmandu, Aug 11: The newly constructed building of Nepal Bhasha Parishad in Kathmandu has been inaugurated today. The building was built with the support of the Government of India’s post-earthquake reconstruction grant.
Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, who came today on an official visit to Nepal, and Maniram Gelal, Secretary at the Ministry of Urban Development, jointly inaugurated the building.
Indian Foreign Secretary Misri arrived here today for a two-day official visit on the friendly invitation of Foreign Secretary Sewa Lamsal.
“Nepal and India have centuries-old civilizational, cultural and people-to-people relations,” Misri said while inaugurating the building.
With the support of the Indian government, large infrastructure and connectivity projects have been completed in Nepal, and new projects have been initiated, accelerating high-level exchanges, and bilateral cooperation between the two countries has strengthened in recent years.
The Indian Foreign Secretary is scheduled to return home on Monday.
