Kathmandu, Oct. 9
Minister
for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Yogesh Bhattarai and Indian Ambassador
to Nepal Binaya Mohan Kwatra have held discussion about concluding the
agreement to allow aircraft enter Nepal through Bhairahawa route.
The
two governments are conducting correspondence regarding opening the air route
that would be needed when the Gautam Buddha International Airport in Bhairahawa
comes into operation from next year.
In
a meeting held at the Tourism Ministry at Singha Durbar on Friday, the minister
and envoy also discussed about the permission to fly into Nepal from Nepalgunj
and Mahendranagar sky.
Kwatra
had called on the minister on Friday afternoon at his office.
They
talked about resuming the air services to various Indian cities from Kathmandu
which was halted in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, said the ministry.
Minister
Bhattarai and Ambassador Kwatra also discussed about developing the Pashupati,
Lumbini and Janakpur as special religious and cultural destinations. Both of
them expressed their commitment to implement the concept of Ramayana Circuit at
the earliest. The circuit connects Janakpur in Nepal and Ayodhya in India and
other various religious-cultural heritages on the way.
Kwatra
said that India was ready to support Nepal in the fight against the COVID-19,
and develop religious and cultural centres in the country.
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