KATHMANDU: Anurag Srivastava, Joint Secretary (North), Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), India, met Nepal’s Foreign Secretary Bharat Raj Paudyal and Home Secretary Tek Narayan Pandey in Kathmandu on Friday and discussed advancing bilateral issues of mutual interest.
On Thursday, India and Nepal held the Joint Project Monitoring Committee (JPMC) meeting on post-earthquake reconstruction projects in Kathmandu. The meeting was co-chaired by Joint Secretary Srivastava and Sushil Chandra Tiwari, Secretary, National Reconstruction Authority, Government of Nepal.
Later in the day, Srivastava held bilateral meetings with Nepal’s Commerce Secretary Dinesh Bhattarai and Finance Secretary Madhu Kumar Maraseni and discussed mutual cooperation in commerce, development and economic sectors.
On Wednesday, he jointly inaugurated seven reconstruction projects including six newly reconstructed schools in Kavrepalanchowk district under the Government of India’s grant assistance. (ANI)
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