Days ahead of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s visit here, Nepal on Sunday hailed the new Indian government’s ‘sincere initiatives’ to bring fresh momentum in ties with its neighbours and said it will result in economic growth and prosperity to all the SAARC nations.
Outlining the broad contours of areas where India and Nepal can step up engagement, Nepal’s Foreign Minister Mahendra Bahadur Pandey said his government and people have ‘high expectations’ from the Modi-led government which has taken ‘very good’ initiatives to reinvigorate bilateral ties.
‘The initiatives by the Indian government have encouraged the members of the SAARC. So, in the days to come not only the relationship between Nepal and India will improve but it will certainly lead the region to the prosperity,’ Pandey told PTI in an interview.
The remarks by Pandey came a day after he co-chaired with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj a ‘successful’ meeting of the Joint Commission which decided to expand ties to new areas and agreed to ‘review’ and adjust’ the Treaty of Peace and Friendship of 1950 which has been the bedrock of ties between the two countries.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Nepal from 3 August — the first visit by an Indian premier in over 17 years.
The late prime minister IK Gujral had visited Nepal in 1997.
Outlining the broad contours of areas where India and Nepal can step up engagement, Nepal’s Foreign Minister Mahendra Bahadur Pandey said his government and people have ‘high expectations’ from the Modi-led government which has taken ‘very good’ initiatives to reinvigorate bilateral ties.
‘The initiatives by the Indian government have encouraged the members of the SAARC. So, in the days to come not only the relationship between Nepal and India will improve but it will certainly lead the region to the prosperity,’ Pandey told PTI in an interview.
The remarks by Pandey came a day after he co-chaired with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj a ‘successful’ meeting of the Joint Commission which decided to expand ties to new areas and agreed to ‘review’ and adjust’ the Treaty of Peace and Friendship of 1950 which has been the bedrock of ties between the two countries.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Nepal from 3 August — the first visit by an Indian premier in over 17 years.
The late prime minister IK Gujral had visited Nepal in 1997.