On October 26 and 27, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and her Nepalese counterpart Prakash Sharan Mahat will lead their respective delegations at the fourth session of the India-Nepal Joint Commission, to be held in New Delhi. The joint commission is a governmental body aimed at reviewing India-Nepal cooperation in areas such as security and politics, trade and investment cooperation, water resources and power, and others.
Over the two days, the delegations will review various aspects of the bilateral relationship, review and expedite long-pending India-funded projects, discuss the prospect of setting up a governmental mechanism to review the progress of ongoing projects, and work out a timeline to complete the pending projects.