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Former Foreign Minister of Nepal Upendra Yadav meets Modi

| @indiablooms | May 12, 2018, at 09:27 pm

Kathmandu, May 12 (IBNS): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday met  former Foreign Minister of Nepal and Chairman, Federal Socialist Forum of Nepal Upendra Yadav.

"PM @narendramodi had a good exchange of views on matters pertaining to India-Nepal relations in his meeting with Upendra Yadav, former Foreign Minister of Nepal and Chairman, Federal Socialist Forum of Nepal," MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar tweeted.

President of Nepali Congress and former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba led a high level team of the Nepali Congress, which called on visiting Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Kathmandu on Saturday.

"Engaging across the political spectrum! President of Nepali Congress and former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and other members of the Nepali Congress called on PM @narendramodi in Kathmandu. Stronger India-Nepal relations enjoy broad political support," MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar tweeted.

Earlier, Modi, on the second and final day of his Nepal tour, visited Nepal's iconic Muktinath temple and offered prayers. "An auspicious start to Day 2 in Nepal! PM @narendramodi visited the highly venerated Muktinath temple, located at 12,172 ft, to reinforce the strong cultural connect between India and Nepal. PM offered prayers at the human-size golden statue of Lord Vishnu as Shri Mukti Narayan," another tweet said.

On Friday, Modi had said that  all misunderstandings with Nepal are over and the bilateral ties are heading to a new high as New Delhi announced Rs 100-crore aid to develop Janakpur city.

Stressing that the recent election and its outcome would be written in golden words in Nepal's history, the Indian Prime Minister said ties between India and Nepal are special and "I am visiting at a special time". He made the remarks after delegation-level talks with his Nepali counterpart K.P. Sharma Oli

The PM, who visited Janakpur, the birthplace of of mythical Sita in Ramayana, also inaugurated a bus service between Janakpur and Ayodhya to promote religious tourism between the two countries, bounded by a common religion of the majority people, culture and heritage.

 


 

 

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