Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba met External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj here today.
"An important visitor from Nepal. EAM @SushmaSwaraj meets Sher Bahadur Deuba, ex PM & President of Nepali Congress," tweeted Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) official spokesperson Vikas Swarup.
This is the first meeting between Deuba and Swaraj after he was elected to the post of party president.
The Nepali Congress President is on a week-long private trip to New Delhi.
As close neighbours, India and Nepal share a unique relationship of friendship and cooperation characterized by open borders and deep-rooted people-to-people contacts of kinship and culture.
There are regular exchanges of high level visits and interactions between India and Nepal. Nepalese Prime Minister Sushil Koirala visited India to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 26, 2014.
In 2014, Prime Minister Modi visited Nepal twice - in August for a bilateral visit and in November for the SAARC Summit - during which several bilateral agreements were signed.
India and Nepal have several bilateral institutional dialogue mechanisms, including the India-Nepal Joint Commission co-chaired by External Affairs Minister of India and Foreign Minister of Nepal.