Indian Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar will be in Nepal from 2-5 April on a three-day visit as part of the second leg of his SAARC yatra.
Nepal’s foreign affairs ministry and a spokesperson at the Indian embassy in Kathmandu stated that Jaishankar is slated to meet top political leaders, including President Ram Baran Yadav, Prime Minister Sushil Koirala and Foreign Minister Mahendra Bahadur Pandey.
He will also meet his counterpart Shanker Das Bairagi and will hold delegation-level talks that will serve as a follow-up of the two visits of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in July 2014.
The Foreign Secretary will also meet top leaders of major political parties including Maoist chief Prachanda and prominent Madhesi leaders to discuss the current political situation in the country.
India is Nepal’s largest trade partner, bilateral trade between India and Nepal was at about $4.2 billion in 2011-12.
Jaishankar completed the first leg of his ‘SAARC Yatra’ earlier this month when he visited Bhutan, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan.