Nepal, being a priority partner of India under its Neighbourhood First policy, Foreign Secretary of India, Vikram Misri, paid an official visit to Nepal and held several high-level meetings during his visit. The Foreign Secretary handed over a formal invitation to Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli on behalf of PM Modi, to visit India on mutually convenient dates.
Mr Misri, called on the President of Nepal, Ramchandra Paudel, the Prime Minister of Nepal, K.P. Sharma Oli and the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr. Arzu Rana Deuba, alongside meeting with Nepali Congress Chairperson Sher Bahadur Deuba and the leader of the opposition and CPN (Maoist Centre) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal. He briefed them on the progress being made in various aspects of the mutually beneficial bilateral cooperation between the two countries.
. The two Foreign Secretaries held wide-ranging discussions, reviewed the progress made in various bilateral initiatives and discussed opportunities for further collaboration, including possible outcomes that could form a part of the agenda of PM Oli’s forthcoming visit to India. Foreign Secretary also met the Chief of Army Staff of Nepal, General Ashok Raj Sigdel and handed over defence stores and equipment, including Light Strike Vehicles, critical care medical equipment and military animals to the Nepali Army. During the various engagements, both sides noted with satisfaction the concrete progress in recent years in diverse areas of bilateral cooperation, including physical connectivity, digital connectivity, defence & security and energy cooperation.
