Last Update: 16 July 2022, 20:38 IST
File photo of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar. (Image: News18)
Nepal’s access to sea is through India and it imports a major proportion of its needs from and through India.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday after meeting Nepal’s leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal, popularly known as Prachanda, that India will remain a firm partner of Nepal in its quest for progress and prosperity. The President of the Communist Party of Nepal is on a visit India At the invitation of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President JP Nadda.
After the meeting, Jaishankar described the discussion as “productive”. “Happy to welcome @cmprachanda to India at the invitation of BJP President @JPNadda ji. A fruitful discussion on strengthening our neighborly ties with focus on economic cooperation,” he tweeted.
“Reflecting our Neighborhood First policy, India will continue to be a firm partner of Nepal in its quest for progress and prosperity,” Jaishankar said. Nepal is important to India in terms of its overall strategic interests in the region and leaders of the two countries have often noted the age-old “bread-daughter” relationship.
The country shares a border of over 1,850 km with five Indian states – Sikkim, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Land-locked Nepal relies heavily on India to transport goods and services.
Nepal’s access to the sea is through India and it imports a major proportion of its needs from and through India. The Indo-Nepal Treaty of Peace and Friendship of 1950 forms the basis of the special relationship between the two countries.
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