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Nepal's Foreign Minister to pay official visit to India

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ANI New Delhi

Nepal's Foreign Minister Mahendra Bahadur Pandey will be arriving here on Sunday on a three-day official visit to India.

Pandey will meet External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj here on Monday during which the duo is expected to discuss issues of mutual interest to both countries.

He will call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the latter's official 7, Race Course Road (RCR) residence here later on Monday.

Pandey's visit comes ahead of Nepal hosting the 18th SAARC Summit scheduled on November 26-27.

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.

 

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First Published: Oct 19 2014 | 1:14 PM IST

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