As part of an effort to build trust with India, Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Friday arrived here in the national capital on a three-day visit, officials said.
Oli landed in Delhi at around 10.30 am for his maiden visit to the country after assuming office. He was received by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Minister of State for Finance SP Shukla.
The Nepalese PM was invited by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Focused on building trust between the two nations, Oli had earlier said that he will not sign any agreement against his country’s national interest.
“The Nepali government wishes to have balanced relations based on trust, friendship, equity and mutual interests with India as well as China. We intend to build up a reliable atmosphere and make the neighbours our development partners,” Oli had said.
The Nepalese PM will be discussing with Modi about expatiating the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) and Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (Bimstec) like regional organisations as well as Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal (BBIN) Initiative like sub-regional cooperation.
Oli’s visit aims to expedite past agreements with India and he will also address security concerns of India including cross boarder crime, terrorists threat and human trafficking.
Other issues to be discussed with India included agricultural modernisation of Nepal, increasing production and trade, connectivity, implementation of the Pancheshwar Multipurpose Project, construction of integrated checkposts and a postal highway among others.