Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Nepalese counterpart KP Sharma Oli led delegation-level talks in Delhi.
Highlights
- PM Modi, Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli lead delegation-level talks in Delhi
- Oli on six-day visit to India, first such bilateral visit since 2011
- In August 2014, PM Modi became first Indian PM to visit Nepal in 17 years
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Nepalese counterpart KP Sharma Oli led delegation-level talks in Delhi on Saturday, the second day of the latter's six-day visit to India.
"Deliberating the details of a deep-rooted relationship. PM Narendra modi and PM KP Sharma Oli lead delegation talks," external affairs ministry spokesman Vikas Swarup tweeted.
The talks got underway after a meeting between Prime Minister Modi and his counterpart Mr Oli at Hyderabad House in Delhi.
This is the first bilateral visit by a prime minister from the Himalayan nation since 2011 when Baburam Bhattarai visited India.
In 2014, then prime minister Sushil Koirala visited India for the swearing-in ceremony of the Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government.
In August 2014, Prime Minister Modi visited Nepal, the first by an Indian prime minister in 17 years.
The Prime Minister again went in November 2014 for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) summit in Kathmandu.
Earlier on Saturday, Mr Oli was accorded a ceremonial welcome at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Following this, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj called on the visiting dignitary.
During the meeting, Mr Oli told Sushma Swaraj that India and Nepal have a natural and civilisational relationship, according to Mr Swarup.
Mr Oli's visit assumes significance as ties between the two South Asian neighbours in the last few months soured after the adoption of a new constitution in the Himalayan nation sparked violent protests in the country's southern plains.