Kathmandu: Nepal’s foreign minister Dr Arzu Rana Deuba, who is on official visit to India, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and extended him an invitation to Nepal, embassy of Nepal in New Delhi said.
During the meeting, views were exchanged on further consolidating Nepal-India relations and expand mutually beneficial cooperation between the two countries. Nepal Foreign Minister also handed over the Prime Minister K P Oli’s invitation to Modi for state visit to Nepal.
Earlier on Monday, Deuba held a meeting with her Indian counterpart during which they “reviewed the progress made in various bilateral initiatives and developmental projects and also discussed opportunities for further collaboration in the existing and new areas of mutually beneficial cooperation.”
“The two sides also noted the progress made in the mutually beneficial partnership in the field of power sector cooperation, where Nepal can now export electricity close to 1000 MW, creating additional source of revenue for Nepal and clean energy for India,” Ministry of External Affairs of India said.
“In this connection, both Foreign Ministers noted the unprecedented opportunities in the power sector cooperation that would be available on implementation of the Long Term Power Trade Agreement.”
Though Nepal foreign minister stated on her social media platform X that India has given “additional approval of 251 MW of power export from 12 hydropower projects in Nepal to India during the wet season months on mid-term basis,” MEA statement does not include these points.
“With this quantum, I am delighted to mention that the Government of India has granted approval for the total hydropower export of 941 MW from Nepal to India so far. I am confident that power sector cooperation between the two countries will take more heights in the future,” Deuba wrote.
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