Border row on agenda, but political talks likely to get more focus during Gyawali s Delhi stay Kathmandu Post
Kathmandu, Jan. 14 Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali is travelling to New Delhi on Thursday, marking the first-ever high-level visit from Kathmandu to the south in over a year, amid signs of bilateral ties returning to track.
Gyawali is flying to Delhi to take part in the sixth meeting of the Nepal-India Joint Commission, which looks after the entire gamut of bilateral relations.
His visit, on the heels of political turmoil at home caused by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli s December 20 House dissolution move, is being closely watched in Kathmandu and Delhi.
Hereâs How Indiaâs Covid Vaccines Are Likely To Play A Major Role In Firming India-Nepal Ties
by Jaideep Mazumdar - Jan 13, 2021 09:21 AM
Indian and Nepali flags.
Snapshot
The fact that Nepal has prioritised vaccines from India over those from China is being seen by the MEA mandarins as Kathmanduâs desire to put bilateral ties on a firm plane.
âCorona-cooperationâ between India and Nepal is the new and exciting buzzword in the foreign policy establishments of the two countries.
Nepalâs Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali, who is arriving in New Delhi on Thursday (14 January) on a three-day visit, is likely to cut a deal with India on supply of Indian-made Covid vaccines to Nepal.
The three five-year prison sentences for Mumbai attack mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, awarded by a Pakistani court, would have inspired some confidence if there were a hint of an inclination to act