Nepal PM Deuba to reach in India on Friday with 50-member delegation

Nepalese Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba shall be accompanied by a 50-member delegation when he embarks on his maiden go to to India on Friday to additional strengthen the multifaceted, age-old and cordial ties between the 2 nations.

This shall be Deuba’s first overseas go to since he assumed workplace in July final yr for a document fifth time.

The Prime Minister’s entourage will embody his partner Arzoo Deuba, 4 cabinet rank ministers, authorities secretaries, excessive officers and a enterprise delegation, totalling 50 members, the Prime Minister’s press chief Govinda Pariyar advised PTI.

A Cabinet assembly held on Thursday finalised Deuba’s delegation that features Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Narayan Khadka, Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Pampha Bhusal, Minister for Health and Population Birodh Khatiwada and Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development Mahendra Ray Yadav, Pariyar stated.

“The visit will further strengthen the multifaceted, age-old, and cordial ties between Nepal and India,” the ministry stated on the Prime Minister’s three-day go to.

The workforce may even embody secretaries within the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Water Resources, Health and Population, Agriculture and Physical Planning. Deuba will maintain delegation-level talks together with his Indian counterpart and likewise meet External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval.

Prime Minister Modi will host a luncheon in honour of his Nepal counterpart.

During his keep in New Delhi, Prime Minister Deuba may even deal with a gathering of enterprise leaders.

He can also be scheduled to go to the holy metropolis of Varanasi earlier than wrapping up his journey on April 3.

Earlier in January, he was scheduled to journey to India to take part in a enterprise summit in Gujarat. However, the journey was cancelled after the summit was postponed as a result of rising instances of COVID-19.

Deuba and Modi had met in Glasgow, Scotland in November final yr on the sidelines of the UN local weather convention and had “fruitful talks” on many features of India-Nepal friendship.

Deuba had thanked his Indian counterpart for offering help to Nepal in important medical provides and vaccines in its battle towards the pandemic throughout their first assembly in Glasgow.

During the assembly, general issues of the bilateral relations have been mentioned.

Deuba’s go to is happening quickly after Chinese Foreign Minister and State Councilor Wang Yi’s three-day tour to Nepal from March 25 to March 27.

Nepal has lately appointed senior economist Shankar Prasad Sharma as its ambassador to India.