Nepal

KATHMANDU, APRIL 3Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba returned to Kathmandu this evening after completing a three-day visit to the southern neighbour. Prime Minister Deuba lays foundation stone of home for elderly people in Varanasi EDITORIAL - PM Deuba's India visit Before returning to Kathmandu, PM Deuba visited the Indian city of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh.

In Varanasi, the PM visited Vishwanath temple.

He was welcomed by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. PM Deuba had led a 50-member delegation to the southern neighbour.

The delegation included his spouse Arzu Rana Deuba, Foreign Minister Narayan Khadka and other ministers, and high-ranking government officials.Yesterday, PM Deuba and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi had jointly made press statements at Hyderabad House.

Prior to that PM Deuba had held delegation level talks with Indian PM Modi.Foreign Minister Narayan Khadka issued a press statement after the PM's return to Kathmandu, saying that during PM's India visit fruitful discussions were held with the Indian side to further strengthen Nepal-India ties."India has always aided and assisted Nepal's development.Indian PM Modi has assured Nepal that he would positively make efforts to move ahead Nepal's proposal regarding bilateral collaboration in development and economic cooperation," Khadka said in his press statement.Khadka stated that talks were held to resolve boundary issues through bilateral mechanisms.The Indian PM has assured that India is always ready to assist Nepal in its development endeavours.Indian PM Modi accepted PM Deuba's invitation for a visit to Nepal and said that he would visit Nepal at an appropriate date.During PM Deuba's visit, India-Nepal Joint Vision Statement on Power Sector Cooperation was issued.According to this statement, both prime ministers agreed that there are unprecedented opportunities for expanding and further strengthening mutually beneficial bilateral cooperation in the power sector, including joint development of power generation projects in Nepal, development of cross-border transmission infrastructure, bi-directional power trade with appropriate access to electricity markets in both countries based on mutual benefits, market demand and applicable domestic regulations of each country.

Both prime ministers also agreed to coordinate operation of the national grids and institutional cooperation in sharing the latest operational information, technology and know-how.A version of this article appears in the print on April 4, 2022, of The Himalayan Times. .

This article first appeared/also appeared in https://thehimalayantimes.com 





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