Nepal PM Deuba to arrive in India on Friday with 50-member delegation
India Today
Nepal PM Sher Bahadur Deuba is set to visit India with a 50-member delegation on April 1. It will be a three-day visit with focus on strengthening bilateral ties.
Nepalese Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba will be accompanied by a 50-member delegation when he embarks on his maiden visit to India on Friday to further strengthen the multifaceted, age-old and cordial ties between the two countries.
This will be Deuba’s first foreign visit since he assumed office in July last year for a record fifth time.
The Prime Minister’s entourage will include his spouse Arzoo Deuba, four cabinet rank ministers, government secretaries, high officials and a business delegation, totalling 50 members, the Prime Minister’s press chief Govinda Pariyar told PTI.
A Cabinet meeting held on Thursday finalised Deuba’s delegation that includes Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Narayan Khadka, Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Pampha Bhusal, Minister for Health and Population Birodh Khatiwada and Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development Mahendra Ray Yadav, Pariyar said.
“The visit will further strengthen the multifaceted, age-old, and cordial ties between Nepal and India,” the ministry said on the Prime Minister’s three-day visit.
The team will also include secretaries in the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Water Resources, Health and Population, Agriculture and Physical Planning. Deuba will hold delegation-level talks with his Indian counterpart and also meet External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval.
Prime Minister Modi will host a luncheon in honour of his Nepal counterpart.
