Narendra Modi to go to Nepal on the event of Buddha Purnima on Might 16
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set for one more international go to. However this time it is simply throughout the border to the neighbouring nation of Nepal, and just for a number of hours. On Might 16, the PM will make a quick go to to Lumbini, the birthplace of Gautam Buddha. In keeping with Nepal Prime Minister’s Press advisor Anil Pariyar, PM Modi will go to the Himalayan nation on the invitation of his Nepalese counterpart Sher Bahadur Deuba.
Through the hour-long journey, Prime Minister Modi pays a quick go to to Lumbini in western Nepal on the event of Buddha Purnima, Lord Buddha’s start anniversary, the official mentioned. It will likely be Prime Minister Modi’s first Nepal go to after his re-election in 2019. Prime Minister Deuba can be scheduled to take part within the programme alongside along with his Indian counterpart. The Ministry of International Affairs, nonetheless, is but to make an official announcement concerning the go to.
Deuba was in Delhi final month in his first bilateral go to overseas after turning into prime minister for the fifth time in July 2021. Through the go to, which was geared toward injecting recent momentum into bilateral ties, Deuba held talks with Modi on quite a lot of key points, together with the boundary concern. “A renewed alternative to deepen the particular ties of friendship and cooperation between our two international locations,” Exterior Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi had mentioned on Twitter forward of the Modi-Deuba talks in April.
Nepal is necessary for India within the context of its general strategic pursuits within the area, and the leaders of the 2 international locations have usually famous the age-old “Roti Beti” relationship. The landlocked Himalayan nation shares a border of over 1,850 km with 5 Indian states – Sikkim, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Nepal depends closely on India for the transportation of products and providers.