Nepal PM Deuba arrives in India on five-day visit

ANI  |  New Delhi [India] 

Nepal's Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba arrived in on Wednesday for a five-day official visit.

External Affairs Minister received Prime Minister Deuba at the International Airport in the national capital.

This is Deuba's first visit abroad after assuming the office of Prime Minister of in June 2017.

He is accompanied by spouse Arzu Deuba Rana, council of ministers, parliamentary members and senior high officials of

During the visit, the Prime Minister will call on India's newly elected President Ram Nath Kovind and Vice President

He will also hold talks with his Indian counterpart Modi.

Apart from official engagements in New Delhi, Prime Minister Deuba will also visit Hyderabad, Tirupati and Bodh Gaya.

He will also be inaugurating the electricity transmission line to from

The two sides are expected to discuss the connectivity and energy cooperation in which the Pancheshwar Hydropower Project is kept at the center, along with the Indian investment in

The treaties regarding the extradition and mutual legal assistance, compensation to the Nepali families affected by the construction of Koshi Dam and talks over dams controlled by Indian side which has undaunted the areas in southern plains are also in the table for discussion.

The issue of dams and flood controlling mechanisms constructed and controlled in by is enlisted as agendas for the discussions after the country's lawmakers demanded talks over it during the premier's visit to

In recent years, India-partnership has witnessed significant growth in all areas of cooperation. The upcoming visit will provide an opportunity to both the sides for holding wide-ranging discussions on issues of mutual interest, and advancing age old, special ties of friendship between our two countries.

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