EPG on Nepal-India Relations holds maiden meeting
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KATHMANDU: The first meeting of the Eminent Persons Group on Nepal-India Relations (EPG-NIR) began in Kathmandu on Monday.
The two-day meeting would finalise the body’s agenda, time frame, code for its members, as well as working procedures.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Kamal Thapa inaugurated the opening session this morning. The inaugural would be followed by an exclusive close-door discussion by its eight members.
In his inaugural speech, Thapa expressed his confidence that the meeting would contribute to strengthen the historical bilateral relations which was established at the people-to-people level.
Similarly, coordinator of the EPG from India, Bhagat Singh Koshiyari, said that the EPG would review bilateral ties.
Koshyari further said that India always wanted to see political stability and progress in Nepal as it always takes Nepal as a good neighbour.
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