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'Happy To Be Back': EAM Jaishankar Arrives In Nepal On 2-Day Visit For Bilateral Meet

S. Jaishankar arrived in Nepal on a two-day visit to co-chair with his Nepalese counterpart the seventh Nepal-India Joint Commission meeting.

Kathmandu: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday he was happy to be back in Nepal and looking forward to his engagements in the country, as he arrived here on a two-day visit to co-chair with his Nepalese counterpart the seventh Nepal-India Joint Commission meeting here.

It is Jaishankar's first visit to a foreign country in 2024.

Jaishankar will co-chair a meeting of the India-Nepal Joint Commission along with his Nepalese counterpart N P Saud.

Jaishankar was accorded a warm welcome by Saud at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA).

Nepal's Foreign Secretary Sewa Lamsal and other senior officials also welcomed Jaishankar at the airport.

"Happy to be back in Nepal for my first visit of 2024. Looking forward to the engagements over the next two days," Jaishankar posted on X.

The India-Nepal Joint Commission was established in 1987 and provides a platform for both sides to review all aspects of the bilateral partnership.

"Nepal is a priority partner of India under its 'Neighbourhood First' Policy. The visit is in keeping with the tradition of high-level exchanges between two close and friendly neighbours," the Ministry of External Affairs said in New Delhi.

During the Joint Commission meeting, “the entire gamut of Nepal-India relations will be reviewed”, according to Nepal's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Amrit Bahadur Rai.

"The bilateral meeting will mainly focus on ways to strengthen Nepal-India relations in the days ahead and on maximising benefits for both the countries through enhanced partnership between them,” Rai told PTI ahead of the visit.

During his visit, Jaishankar will pay a courtesy call on President Ramchandra Paudel and Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal "Prachanda", the Foreign Ministry said.

He is also scheduled to meet senior political leaders of Nepal, Foreign Ministry sources said.

Saud will also host a dinner in honour of Jaishankar and members of his delegation.

Jaishankar on Friday will also inaugurate Tribhuvan University Library in Kirtipur and other post-earthquake construction projects being undertaken with the Indian assistance in Kathmandu before he returns to India wrapping up his visit.

This is Jaishankar's first official visit to Nepal after Prachanda assumed the post of Prime Minister for the third time in December 2022.

It is expected that both sides will sign an agreement on the modalities that would facilitate Nepal exporting 10,000 megawatts of power to India in the next 10 years in line with a decision taken by the leadership of the two countries in June last year.

In June 2023, 'Prachanda' visited New Delhi during which both sides signed several major pacts including one on increasing New Delhi's import of power from the neighbouring country to 10,000 MW in the next 10 years from the current 450 megawatts.

Nepal is important for India in the context of its overall strategic interests in the region, and the leaders of the two countries have often noted the age-old "Roti Beti" relationship.

Nepal shares a border of over 1,850 km with five Indian states - Sikkim, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. 

(This report has been published as part of an auto-generated syndicated wire feed. Except for the headline, the content has not been modified or edited by ABP LIVE.)

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