New Delhi: India and Nepal will strive to take their bilateral ties to the heights of the Himalayas and resolve all issues, including the border issue, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday after wide-ranging talks with his Nepalese counterpart Pushpakamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’. In his media statement after the meeting, Modi said that he and Prachanda have taken several important decisions to make the partnership between the two countries a “super hit” in the future.
After the talks, Modi and Prachanda jointly launched several infrastructure projects.
The two sides also signed seven agreements to boost cooperation in a number of areas, including trade and energy.
Both the leaders virtually inaugurated the Integrated Check Post at Rupaidiha in India and Nepalgunj in Nepal. He virtually flagged off a goods train from Bihar’s Bathnaha to Nepal Custom Yard.
“We will continue to strive to take our relations to the heights of the Himalayas. And in this spirit we will resolve all issues, be it border issues or any other issues,” Modi said in the presence of Prachanda.
He said that to further strengthen cultural and religious ties, PM Prachanda and I decided that projects related to Ramayana circuit should be expedited.
Nepal is important to India in the context of its overall strategic interests in the region, and leaders of both countries have often referred to the centuries-old “roti beti” relationship, which refers to cross-border marriages between people of the two countries. .
The country shares a border of over 1,850 km with five Indian states of Sikkim, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
Landlocked Nepal relies heavily on India for the transport of goods and services.
Nepal’s access to the sea is through India, and it imports a major proportion of its requirements 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.