India ready to review 1950 India-Nepal friendship treaty: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that India is ready to consider suggestions if any to review the 1950 India-Nepal Friendship Treaty that governs the relationship between the two countries.

According to media reports, Modi mentioned this during a banquet hosted in his honour by Nepal Prime Minister Sushil Koirala in Kathmandu yesterday.

There have been demands lately for reviewing the treaty and both sides have been reiterating their readiness to do so but without any progress.

Modi also spoke about the process of Constitution-making in Nepal, saying it is moving forward.