Greetings from across the border: Nepal PM wishes PM Modi on New Year’s Eve
Kathmandu, January 1: Deepening relations with neighbouring countries, India has knitted strong ties with each and every nation. Having strong bilateral and diplomatic relations with Nepal, the Prime Minister of Nepal and PM Narendra Modi exchanged New Year greetings on the first day of 2020.
This morning I had telephone conversation with @PMOIndia Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modiji. We exchanged new year's greetings and best wishes. We shared that the year 2019 proved to be successful in elevating bilateral ties to new height
— PMO Nepal (@PM_nepal_) January 1, 2020
Oli added that he has invited Modi again to visit Nepal. According to Oli, during the conversation, the two leaders took stock of the ties between the two countries in 2019 and agreed to take relations to a new height in the year to come. Prime Minister Oli did not mention whether the border dispute with India figured during the conversation.
and expressed our confidence that the year 2020 will be equally successful in taking our relations to the next level by resolving pending issues. I renewed my cordial invitation to Modiji for a visit to Nepal.
— PMO Nepal (@PM_nepal_) January 1, 2020
Although Nepal has invited India to settle the issue of Limpiyadhura and Kalapani through dialogue, India is yet to respond concretely.
As close neighbours, India and Nepal share a unique relationship of friendship and cooperation characterized by open borders and deep-rooted people-to-people contacts of kinship and culture. Government of India provides substantial financial and technical development assistance to Nepal, which is a broad-based programme focusing on creation of infrastructure at the grass-root level, under which various projects have been implemented in the areas of infrastructure, health, water resources, education and rural & community development.