Kathmandu. Home Minister Sudhan Gurung, who is in India to attend the first Home Ministerial-level meeting of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC), discussed with his counterpart Amit Shah about Prime Minister Balendra Shah’s visit to India. <\/p>\n
Gurung and Shah met after the BIMSTEC Home Minister-level meeting held on Tuesday. According to sources, Prime Minister Balen’s visit to India was discussed in the meeting. <\/p>\n
According to sources, it was discussed that Prime Minister Balen will visit India on November 22. According to the discussion, Balen’s visit will continue till November 9. <\/p>\n
Charge d’ Affaires at the Embassy of Nepal in India, Surendra Thapa, said that Prime Minister Balen’s visit to India was discussed during the meeting. However, he did not want to disclose the date. He said, “There was a sideline meeting between the two Home Ministers yesterday, in which the relations between the two countries, strengthening bilateral security cooperation, border management were discussed. The Prime Minister’s visit was also discussed. \u2019<\/p>\n
Charge d’ Affaires Thapa said preparations for the visit were underway on both sides and the date would be fixed on mutual consensus. <\/p>\n
7. Necessary preparations have also been made on the basis of the previous date. A senior official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that preparations have been started accordingly. <\/p>\n
The Prime Minister’s Office and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are doing necessary homework regarding the agenda of the visit. <\/p>\n
Meanwhile, before Prime Minister Balen’s visit to India, there have been visits from both sides. Finance Minister Dr. Swarnim Wagle had visited India on September 1. <\/p>\n
Before Home Minister Gurung’s visit to India, Rastriya Swatantra Party MP Manish Jha had also visited India. He had gone to India to discuss with the party’s travel committee. But sources claimed that he also held some high-level meetings. <\/p>\n
A day before Home Minister Gurung’s visit to India, the Adjutant General of the Indian Army, Lieutenant General Biresh Pratap Singh Kaushik, visited Nepal. He discussed Nepal-India relations with the officials of the Indian Embassy. Sources claim that he also held some high-level meetings. <\/p>\n
Officials say there are likely to be a couple more high-level visits between the two countries in preparation for Balen’s visit. <\/p>\n
Study work has started on various agreements and implementation plans signed between Nepal and India in the past. Officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs say that the main agenda of this visit will be the construction of physical infrastructure. <\/p>\n
There has been a lot of damage due to the floods in Bhotekoshi. It is said that India wants to provide more help in this. Discussions are being held on what kind of help can be provided for this. <\/p>\n
Preparations are also underway to inaugurate some projects constructed with the help of India. Preparations are underway to inaugurate the Nepal Police Academy, the Integrated Check Post (ICP) in Bhairahawa and the bridge over the Mahakali River in Darchula. <\/p>\n
In March 2082, soon after Balen was appointed as the Prime Minister, he received an invitation to visit India. The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, had also extended an invitation to visit India while congratulating him over the phone. Later, he sent a written invitation. <\/p>\n
Although he accepted the invitation, Balen was not ready to go on a visit immediately. He had been saying that he would not visit any country for a year. <\/p>\n
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had invited Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) President Rabi Lamichhane to attend the meeting. <\/p>\n
He was given a grand welcome in India. President Lamichhane also met Prime Minister Modi and other senior officials. Now Balen is also ready to go to India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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