Kathmandu, Aug 18
The
Fifth Meeting of the Nepal-India Joint Commission is being held in Kathmandu on
August 21- 22.
Pradeep
Kumar Gyawali, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar,
Minister of External Affairs of India will co-chair the meeting, leading their
respective delegations.
The Joint
Commission Meeting will review the overall state of bilateral relations, and
various areas of cooperation such as connectivity and economic partnership,
trade and transit, power and water resources sectors, culture, education and
other matters of mutual interest.
The
Nepal-India Joint Commission was established in June 1987. Its meetings are
held alternately in Nepal and India. The last meeting of the Joint Commission
was held in New Delhi in October 2016.
During
the visit, Dr. Jaishankar will pay courtesy calls on President Bidya Devi
Bhandari and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, according to a statement issued by
the Foreign Ministry on Sunday.
Minister
Gyawali will host a dinner in honour of Dr. Jaishankar.
Dr.
Jaishankar is scheduled to arrive in Kathmandu on August 21 and depart for New
Delhi on August 22.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 19 August 2019.
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