KATHMANDU: Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat has left for New Delhi today to take part in a ministerial-level meeting of the Nepal-India Joint Commission that would be held there on Thursday.

Indian Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj is leading the Indian delegation in the meeting of senior diplomatic officials from Nepal and India.

Meanwhile, the Commission's secretarial-level meeting will commence in New Delhi today itself.

Foreign Secretary Shankar Das Bairagi had landed in New Delhi yesterday in course of attending the meeting which is expected to broadly review the implementation status of Nepal-India agreements and ongoing projects under bilateral economic and development cooperation.

Talking to media persons at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) before his departure, Minister Mahat said Nepal is raising voice for the enforcement of bilateral agreements and acceleration of Nepal-India projects in the ministerial-level meeting.

Besides, the meeting will hold broad discussions regarding the enforcement of bilateral agreements including those signed during Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal's recent visit to the southern neighbour and acceleration of the projects under bilateral economic and development cooperation.

Minister Mahat is scheduled to return home on Friday, October 28.