New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar on Friday called on Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba as he arrived in New Delhi for an official visit. His trip comes amid the flurry of visits of foreign delegates to India especially amid the crisis in Ukraine. Taking to Twitter, EAM Jaishankar said, “Pleased to call on PM Sher Bahadur Deuba of Nepal during his official visit to India”. Confident that this visit will further strengthen our close neighbour relations, he added”.
Nepalese PM Sher Bahadur Deuba arrived in Delhi along with his spouse Arzu Rana Deuba, Foreign Minister Narayan Khadka, other ministers, secretaries and officials earlier today. He was accorded a warm welcome upon his arrival. Welcoming the Nepal PM, EAM Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi tweeted, "A fond welcome to a special friend. PM of Nepal @SherBDeuba arrives in India for an official visit from 01-03 April 2022. This is his first bilateral visit abroad after assuming office in July 2021." This is Deuba’s first visit to India after becoming the Prime Minister of Nepal in 2021. Sher Bahadur Deuba also visited BJP central office at the invitation of BJP National President Jagat Prakash Nadda.
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PM of Nepal @SherBDeuba arrives in India for an official visit from 01-03 April 2022.
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">A fond welcome to a special friend.
— Arindam Bagchi (@MEAIndia) April 1, 2022
PM of Nepal @SherBDeuba arrives in India for an official visit from 01-03 April 2022.
This is his first bilateral visit abroad after assuming office in July 2021. pic.twitter.com/57t0n5IiJJA fond welcome to a special friend.
— Arindam Bagchi (@MEAIndia) April 1, 2022
PM of Nepal @SherBDeuba arrives in India for an official visit from 01-03 April 2022.
This is his first bilateral visit abroad after assuming office in July 2021. pic.twitter.com/57t0n5IiJJ
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On arrival, BJP National President J. P. Nadda along with BJP Gen Secretary Vinod Tawade and Party's in-charge, Foreign Affairs Dept, Vijay Chauthaiwale welcomed the dignitaries. Four cabinet ministers of Nepal and the First Lady accompanied the visiting Prime Minister. BJP National President briefed him about the party structure and also about the welfare activities carried out by the BJP during the pandemic. Nadda also briefed him on the Party’s coordination with families whose children were stuck in Ukraine recently. He emphasized the enhanced party to party interactions at every level and specifically proposed the exchange of delegations of youth leaders as well as women leaders from both sides.
Deuba is slated to meet Prime Minister Modi on Saturday. Besides official engagements, he will also pay a visit to Varanasi, sources said. Earlier, Deuba had visited India in each of his four earlier stints as Prime Minister. The most recent visit was in 2017. This visit marks the tradition of periodic high-level exchanges between India and Nepal which allows both sides to review the entire gamut of bilateral relations including development and economic partnership, trade, cooperation in sectors like health, power, connectivity, people to people ties among other issues of mutual interest.
Earlier in January, Deuba was scheduled to visit India to participate in a business summit in Gujarat. However, the trip got cancelled after the summit was postponed in the wake of the pandemic. EAM Jaishankar had visited Kathmandu in August 2019 to take part in the fifth Indo-Nepal joint commission meeting. India-Nepal relations have hit at a low during former Nepalese Prime Minister Oli's tenure on account of some of his statements that India objected to. Thus, Prime Minister Deuba's visit can be seen as a step towards further improving the strained ties between the two nations.
