Nepal

Indian PM arriving Lumbini tomorrow leading 11-member delegation

By Rastriya Samachar Samiti

FILE: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets the media prior to the BRICS summit in Brasilia, Brazil November 14, 2019. Photo: Reuters

KATHMANDU, MAY 15

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be arriving here tomorrow, leading an 11-member delegation in course of his official visit to Nepal. He will be arriving here at the invitation of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba.

The Indian Prime Minister and his delegation is scheduled to arrive here at 11:00 am.

His entourage will include India's national security advisor Ajit Doval, foreign secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra, joint-secretaries Arindam Bagchi and Anurag Srivastava (Ministry of External Affairs) and joint-secretary Rudra Gaurav (Prime Minister's Office) among others.

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, his spouse Arzu Rana Deuba, members in the Council of Ministers, Lumbini Province Chief Minister Kul Prasad KC, and Chargé d' affaires Mrs. Namgya C. Khampa of Indian Embassy in Kathmandu will welcome Prime Minister Modi at a helipad built near the Lumbini International Buddhist Meditation Center and Assembly Hall.

Delegation-level talks will be held between the Prime Ministers of two neighbours tomorrow itself.