KATHMANDU: Prime Minister (PM) Balendra Shah is expected to visit India in the last week of November, Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal said on Friday.
Speaking to journalists, Minister Khanal said the visit was expected to take place around the time reported by various media outlets, but the government had not formally confirmed the schedule.
He said the government had been in regular contact with its Indian counterpart since the formation of the current government and wanted to ensure that the Prime Minister’s visit produced concrete results.
“We hope to make positive progress in areas such as trade and transit, connectivity, energy and border issues during the visit,” Khanal said.
Various agreements are expected to be signed during the visit. Plans are also reportedly underway to inaugurate major infrastructure and hydropower projects and lay foundation stones for new projects.
The visit will be Prime Minister Shah’s first trip to India since he assumed office on March 27.
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