New Delhi, 15 September 2022 (TDI): The Foreign Secretary of Nepal, Bharat Raj Paudyal, called on the External Affairs Minister of India, Dr. S. Jaishankar, on September 14 in New Delhi.
Foreign Secretary @PaudyalBR called on the External Affairs Minister of India H.E. @DrSJaishankar this afternoon at the Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi.
Matters of bilateral relations and cooperation figured during the call on. pic.twitter.com/qW5OxGaljA— MOFA of Nepal 🇳🇵 (@MofaNepal) September 14, 2022
Bharat Raj Paudyal is on a two-day official visit to India on the invitation of the Foreign Secretary of India, Vinay Kwatra. Paudyal met the Indian Minister of External Affairs on September 14 and discussed bilateral relations and cooperation.
Meeting Agenda
The two foreign parties reviewed the entire spectrum of bilateral cooperation between India and Nepal, including economic and commercial cooperation, enhancing connectivity, development cooperation, trade, culture, and people-people relations during the meeting.
Moreover, the two parties appreciated the recent progress in bilateral cooperation in the power sector, including the export of power from Nepal to India.
Nepal appreciated the COVID-19 assistance provided by India during the pandemic and thanked the Indian side for keeping the supply lines of trade open, even during the peak of the lockdown.
India-Nepal Bilateral Relations
India and Nepal enjoy excellent bilateral ties. The diplomatic relations between the two countries were established on 17 June 1947. Both countries were founded on the age-old connection of history, culture, tradition, and religion.
The open border between the two countries has always remained a unique feature of their relations. Their political relations are much more than the sum of treaties and agreements concluded between the two countries.
The water resource is the backbone of Nepal’s economy, and the issue of water resources has always been important on the agenda of bilateral cooperation between Nepal and India for a long time.
In 2014, an important Power Trade Agreement was signed between the two countries, paving the way for the power developers of the two countries to trade electricity across the border without restrictions.
