Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh is positive about visiting Nepal. Dr Singh said so during a meeting with Prime Minister Sushil Koirala on the sidelines of the Third BIMSTEC Summit held in Nay Pyi Taw, the capital of Myanmar, last week. PM Koirala who returned home with the Chairmanship of BIMSTEC on Thursday (March 6) told a press conference at the Tribhuvan International Airport that he had extended a formal invitation to his Indian counterpart to visit Nepal during their meeting.

 

“The Indian Prime Minister is very positive about the proposal and has said he will try his best to come in an official visit to Nepal before the General Election in India next month,” said the PM. He also said that the visit was successful. This was PM Koirala’s first foreign visit after assuming office. Addressing the BIMSTEC summit, PM Koirala had said the efforts of the BIMSTEC should be geared towards freeing the people from the poverty trap as this region confronts the formidable challenges of poverty.

 

Before leaving Myanmar, PM Koirala had met with Burmese nationals of Nepali origin and the Nepali community in the country. At a program organised at the Nepali embassy, he called on the Nepali community to invest in Nepal in areas prioritised by government such as agriculture, hydropower, tourism and infrastructure.