India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Kathmandu on a two day visit that started on August 3. He is India’s first prime minister to conduct a bilateral visit to the Himalayan state after 17 years.
Prime Minister Modi held delegation level talks with the Prime Minister of Nepal, Sushil Koirala on the day of his arrival. He also addressed the Constituent Assembly of Nepal on the same day.
On the discussion table are hydropower projects to be developed jointly by both countries, infrastructure projects as well as discussing an economic assistance package to boost Nepal’s economy.
Modi has already held one set of bilateral meeting with his Nepalese counterpart during Koirala’s visit to New Delhi earlier this year for the Indian Prime Minister’s swearing-in ceremony.
The visit to Kathmandu shows the current administration’s priority to re-vitalise ties in India’s neighbourhood.