Saturday, May 5, 2018

Indian PM Modi to pay two-day visit to Nepal from May 11


Kathmandu, May 4
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is paying a two-day state visit to Nepal on May 11 and 12. His visit will begin from Janakpur, the capital of Province No. 2.

The Indian Prime Minister is scheduled to visit the Muktinath Temple in Mustang district and attend civic receptions to be organised in his honour by the Kathmandu Metropolitan City and Janakpur Sub-Metropolitan City in Kathmandu and Janakpur, respectively. He will perform worship at the Janaki Temple on May 11 and at the Muktinath Temple on May 12.

The Indian Prime Minister will be accorded a ceremonial welcome at Tundikhel in Kathmandu on May 11. He will also receive a guard of honour there.

During his visit, Indian PM Modi will call on President Bidya Devi Bhandari and Vice-President Nanda Bahadur Pun, and will hold official talks with Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli, exchanging views on matters of mutual interest, on May 11.

Both the Prime Ministers will jointly lay the foundation stone of the Arun-3 hydropower project.
Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali will call on the Indian Prime Minister, and Nepali Congress president Sher Bahadur Deuba, CPN-Maoist Centre chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ and leaders of the Madhes-based parties will also call on Modi.

This will be Modi’s third visit to Nepal as Indian Prime Minister in five years. He had visited Nepal twice in 2014.

He is visiting Nepal at the invitation of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli. He will be accompanied by Indian National Security Advisor Ajit Kumar Doval, Secretary of External Affairs Vijay Keshav Gokhle, Northern Division Chief at the Ministry of External Affairs Sudhakar Dalela and other high ranking officials.



Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 5 May 2018. 



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